Die französischen Fotografen Yves Marchand und Romain Meffre haben in Detroit, Zentrum der niedergehenden US-Automobilindustrie, großartige Fotos von verlassenen Gebäuden und Ruinen geschossen.
"... Detroit, industrial capital of the XXth Century, played a fundamental role shaping the modern world ... Nowadays, unlike anywhere else, the city’s ruins are not isolated details in the urban environment. They have become a natural component of the landscape. Detroit presents all archetypal buildings of an American city in a state of mummification. Its splendid decaying monuments are, no less than the Pyramids of Egypt, the Coliseum of Rome, or the Acropolis in Athens, remnants of the passing of a great Empire ..." The Ruins of Detroit(via MeFi)
