it’s always about the people no matter what you say about the city you know
what you say about the city you know
what you say about the city you know what the politics of the city is you
what the politics of the city is you
what the politics of the city is you know the economy all this other stuff
know the economy all this other stuff
know the economy all this other stuff when you get down to it it’s always
when you get down to it it’s always
when you get down to it it’s always about the people when I got the call
about the people when I got the call
about the people when I got the call from Nat Geo to do a story about
from Nat Geo to do a story about
from Nat Geo to do a story about neighborhoods the neighborhoods of
neighborhoods the neighborhoods of
neighborhoods the neighborhoods of Detroit I thought it was you know really
Detroit I thought it was you know really
Detroit I thought it was you know really interesting cuz I had never seen it done
interesting cuz I had never seen it done
interesting cuz I had never seen it done before the challenge was to you know get
before the challenge was to you know get
before the challenge was to you know get a feel for the place and Detroit is a
a feel for the place and Detroit is a
a feel for the place and Detroit is a big city so just trying to find out you
big city so just trying to find out you
big city so just trying to find out you know what’s true here in my work it is
know what’s true here in my work it is
know what’s true here in my work it is definitely a collaboration and people
definitely a collaboration and people
definitely a collaboration and people people get that it’s you know it’s a
people get that it’s you know it’s a
people get that it’s you know it’s a conversation and and in my portraits the
conversation and and in my portraits the
conversation and and in my portraits the environment is just as important as the
environment is just as important as the
environment is just as important as the subject we were driving down the street
subject we were driving down the street
subject we were driving down the street it was hardly anybody on this this one
it was hardly anybody on this this one
it was hardly anybody on this this one block and I just saw these small group
block and I just saw these small group
block and I just saw these small group of people outside of a house and I
of people outside of a house and I
of people outside of a house and I decided to go over there and see what
decided to go over there and see what
decided to go over there and see what was going on and realized that was
was going on and realized that was
was going on and realized that was actually a family who were working on
actually a family who were working on
actually a family who were working on their house I thought that was so so
their house I thought that was so so
their house I thought that was so so interesting that here I am looking for
interesting that here I am looking for
interesting that here I am looking for desolation and blight and abandonment
desolation and blight and abandonment
desolation and blight and abandonment and I find life
this is what I like most meeting people
this is what I like most meeting people who have real stories these two women
who have real stories these two women
who have real stories these two women lives this was their first week
lives this was their first week
lives this was their first week volunteering as part of a program for
volunteering as part of a program for
volunteering as part of a program for the entry into law school the one on the
the entry into law school the one on the
the entry into law school the one on the left she was actually she’s actually the
left she was actually she’s actually the
left she was actually she’s actually the first person in her family to go to
first person in her family to go to
first person in her family to go to college it’s a hard-knock city Detroit
college it’s a hard-knock city Detroit
college it’s a hard-knock city Detroit is a place built on the shoulder anyway
is a place built on the shoulder anyway
is a place built on the shoulder anyway you’ll find places like this is born to
you’ll find places like this is born to
you’ll find places like this is born to be beauty and soul I approach bullet
be beauty and soul I approach bullet
be beauty and soul I approach bullet head I didn’t really see style I saw
head I didn’t really see style I saw
head I didn’t really see style I saw somebody who looked like the era history
somebody who looked like the era history
somebody who looked like the era history you know he has on his club vest and
you know he has on his club vest and
you know he has on his club vest and they might say oh that’s cool that’s
they might say oh that’s cool that’s
they might say oh that’s cool that’s stylish but that’s about his family
stylish but that’s about his family
stylish but that’s about his family that’s his clique and so these are all
that’s his clique and so these are all
that’s his clique and so these are all the social markers that I can that I try
the social markers that I can that I try
the social markers that I can that I try to capture within the portraits the way
to capture within the portraits the way
to capture within the portraits the way most Outsiders View Detroit that’s not
most Outsiders View Detroit that’s not
most Outsiders View Detroit that’s not the energy that I picked up there I
the energy that I picked up there I
the energy that I picked up there I think as viewers we bring our own
think as viewers we bring our own
think as viewers we bring our own baggage to a story you know I just hope
baggage to a story you know I just hope
baggage to a story you know I just hope that you know you connect with with the
that you know you connect with with the
that you know you connect with with the people in these pages as human beings
people in these pages as human beings
people in these pages as human beings that’s all I can really ask for this is
that’s all I can really ask for this is
that’s all I can really ask for this is a human story you know there needed to
a human story you know there needed to
a human story you know there needed to be told
be told
be told you
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