The Ruins of Detroit by Marchand and Meffre

Detroit is a city seething with irony. This beautiful city rose out of the Detroit River on the might of the industrial revolution-- yet as that

August 27, 2009 · 1 min · 79 words · Victoria Mcfarland

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Detroit is a city seething with irony.

Detroit, Michigan swelled to 2 million residents strong at the peak of the auto industrys growth.

Plants closed, business shuttered, and this misunderstood city fell into a deep depression.

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There are some, however, who see beauty in urban decay.

Photographers Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre are amongst these ruins seekers whose passion took them to the Motor City.

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