Hello, My name is Erica. I love taking photographs. I am currently settling in to L.A. and the west coast. I co-founded the Detroit based Lucent Photography and occasionally work under We Will Shoot Your Face.

Some of my work includes the Ypsi Project and This Place is Empty. You can find me in L.A. and Detroit.

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olddetroit: “A farmer displays his potatoes and cabbages at Eastern Market in the early 20th century. By then, Detroit already had a long and colorful history of farmers markets, with the first city-owned market starting in 1803. Eastern Market began in 1891.” From The Detroit News. via: charliealphasierra I love how happy the man is in this photo. I hope Detroit is soon once again abundant in potatoes and cabbage, but I won’t hold my breath. I miss Detroit, I really do…..

olddetroit:

“A farmer displays his potatoes and cabbages at Eastern Market in the early 20th century. By then, Detroit already had a long and colorful history of farmers markets, with the first city-owned market starting in 1803. Eastern Market began in 1891.”

From The Detroit News.

via: charliealphasierra

I love how happy the man is in this photo. I hope Detroit is soon once again abundant in potatoes and cabbage, but I won’t hold my breath. I miss Detroit, I really do…..

When Xander and I made the trip back to Michigan at the end of his Christmas break our flight got in late so we got a room near the airport. The next morning I woke up super early, ate something, got cleaned up and piddled around until Xander began to wake up. I was laying next to him watching TV when he opened his eyes and said ” Mom I woke up before you..I woke up before you”. Then he put his arm over his face and fell back asleep for another hour :) He’s so funny. <3

When Xander and I made the trip back to Michigan at the end of his Christmas break our flight got in late so we got a room near the airport. The next morning I woke up super early, ate something, got cleaned up and piddled around until Xander began to wake up. I was laying next to him watching TV when he opened his eyes and said ” Mom I woke up before you..I woke up before you”. Then he put his arm over his face and fell back asleep for another hour :)

He’s so funny.

<3

Something old, something new, something borrowed&#8230;

Something old, something new, something borrowed…

The adorable Nicole and Kenny. I traveled to Detroit to shoot this wedding. While it was hot and I was eaten alive by mosquitos it was worth it! Nicole and Kenny are perfect together and their wedding was lovely. I&#8217;m happy I could be a part of their special day :) 

The adorable Nicole and Kenny. I traveled to Detroit to shoot this wedding. While it was hot and I was eaten alive by mosquitos it was worth it! Nicole and Kenny are perfect together and their wedding was lovely. I’m happy I could be a part of their special day :) 

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poortaste:

Detroit Lives: An Urban Exploration
w/ Johnny Knoxville

Once the fourth-largest metropolis in America—some have called it the Death of the American Dream. Today, the young people of the Motor City are making it their own DIY paradise where rules are second to passion and creativity. They are creating the new Detroit on their own terms, against real adversity. We put our boots on and went exploring. - PaladiumBoots

Go get ‘em Detroit!

This gives me goosebumps of happiness! We’re all well aware of the problems Detroit has and it’s nice to see some positive projects getting some attention!! I <3 Detroit..

zadi: 100 Abandoned Houses From the website: The abandoned houses project began innocently enough roughly ten years ago. I actually began photographing abandonment in Detroit in the mid 90’s as a creative outlet, and as a way of satisfying my curiosity with the state of my home town. I had always found it to be amazing, depressing, and perplexing that a once great city could find itself in such great distress, all the while surrounded by such affluence. As the number of images grew, and a documentary style emerged, I switched from mostly black and white, to color, and decided to name the series 100 Abandoned Houses. 100 seemed like a lot, although the number of abandoned houses in Detroit is more like 12,000. Encompassing an area of over 138 square miles, Detroit has enough room to hold the land mass of San Francisco, Boston, and Manhattan Island, yet the population has fallen from close to 2 million citizens, to most likely less than 800,000. With such a dramatic decline, the abandoned house problem is not likely to go away any time soon.

zadi:

100 Abandoned Houses

From the website:

The abandoned houses project began innocently enough roughly ten years ago. I actually began photographing abandonment in Detroit in the mid 90’s as a creative outlet, and as a way of satisfying my curiosity with the state of my home town. I had always found it to be amazing, depressing, and perplexing that a once great city could find itself in such great distress, all the while surrounded by such affluence.

As the number of images grew, and a documentary style emerged, I switched from mostly black and white, to color, and decided to name the series 100 Abandoned Houses. 100 seemed like a lot, although the number of abandoned houses in Detroit is more like 12,000. Encompassing an area of over 138 square miles, Detroit has enough room to hold the land mass of San Francisco, Boston, and Manhattan Island, yet the population has fallen from close to 2 million citizens, to most likely less than 800,000. With such a dramatic decline, the abandoned house problem is not likely to go away any time soon.

2,000 Miles Apart&#160;: Fisher Theatre Bathroom

2,000 Miles Apart : Fisher Theatre Bathroom