A Canadian whose family hails from Detroit, hes spent the last five years documenting the latter for his series, American Beauty: The Opulent Pre-Depression Architecture of Detroit, showing at Meridian Gallery in San Francisco with a closing event Sunday. Jarmain, who has been shooting in the city since 2008 with the assistance of a local historian, said his large-format photographs can serve as an archival record for any building thats later demolished -- or already has been. But as new buildings continue to rise in Detroit, he said he hopes his photography could save other buildings from the same fate of the ruins he captures.
Posted on: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 02:35:11 +0000