Photography exhibit reveals city’s contradictions

It’s quite the contradiction that Detroit, a city of more than 700,000 residents, is often photographed as if it were totally empty. That’s what inspired Nancy Barr to curate Detroit Revealed: Photographs, 2000-2010, which opens Oct. 16 at the DIA. Enough of the abandoned buildings — Detroit Revealed draws on a mix of home-based and out-of-town photogs to document life in the city; workers in the Ford Rouge Plant, children and immigrant gardens.

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Great photography is not only about good technique; it’s also about access to people and places that are unique to a particular community. I would welcome more work that takes into consideration the diversity of our city, its people and the culture, by photographers from all types of backgrounds. Their perspectives would (and will) enrich Detroit’s photographic legacy and identity.

Slide show and more available here.