As any flea-market enthusiast knows, there is a certain mystery, beauty, and wonder surrounding an item that has been created with obvious care, used, and discarded. Because these images reveal the history of this country. Not in a loud way, but in a true way.
Architects spend so much time planning and designing and fighting to preserve the integrity of form.
Then time goes by and the unpredictable begins. They deserve better. In a way, my photos are an homage to what was once created with great care, used, and left to crumble. You've photographed many urban neighborhoods over time-Philadelphia, Detroit, the Bronx. We're in the middle of a process where some of the buildings that were most important in their time are being razed.