I had never before or after felt this anxiety so intensely. The jump would mean letting go of that precious section and I would have to TRUST that something else would appear — and that something would resolve and complete the painting. Brenda Goodman, Breakthrough, 1985, oil on canvas, 60 x 84 in. All images: […]

So much had already been said and photographed about Detroit’s abandonment and the so-called images of “ruin porn” that fetishized the cities misfortune, that when I first went back to explore my hometown in 2010, I began to question the motives of those who had preceded me and their intentions. After all, there were still […]