LIFE Magazine Photos of Detroit

**Eastside** · February-05-10, 12:41 PM

Is it me or are have all these "ruin" shots taken over the years by various publications and news outlets become quite boring and clichÃ©?

There is noting new [[no pun intended) in them, rubble from different angles, falling down buildings and the like. Hell, this type of stuff can be found across the country in large and small cities.

**jonathanlivingstonseagull** · February-05-10, 12:46 PM

Originally Posted by Eastside

Is it me or are have all these "ruin" shots taken over the years by various publications and news outlets become quite boring and clichÃ©?

There is noting new [[no pun intended) in them, rubble from different angles, falling down buildings and the like. Hell, this type of stuff can be found across the country in large and small cities.

I agree. Especially all of the interior shots. You could swap those shots out with an abandoned building in any other city. Boring ...

**rjlj** · February-05-10, 12:54 PM

Agreed, tiresome to say the least. A lot of those shots are the same shots done over and over by people who break into these buildings around town every weekend. Not to mention a lot of those shots were staged. Boring.

**Traxus** · February-05-10, 01:13 PM

Originally Posted by rjlj

Agreed, tiresome to say the least. A lot of those shots are the same shots done over and over by people who break into these buildings around town every weekend. Not to mention a lot of those shots were staged. Boring.

I tend to agree, a lot of images these days look like someone walked in with a point and shoot with no regard for framing or composition. There is a very broad line between the voyeuristic adventurist and the artist in the ruins...