Writing on the Wall Photography Exhibition

Detroit Photographer Displays Positive Side of Detroit

Immediate Release

February 20, 2011

Contact: David Clements 248-543-2596

david@davidclementsproductions.com

WRITING ON THE WALL  - INTERNET DETROIT PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION    

DETROIT, Michigan USA -- Renowned Detroit photographer David Clements’ new photo exhibit “Writing on the Wall, “ a visual history of the streets of Detroit is being released by Places Journal at Design Observer.  Text by Douglas M. Haller.

 

http://places.designobserver.com/entry.html?entry=24518

Local historian and archivist Douglas M. Haller, says Clements’ work “emphasizes the beautification efforts that current residents make by transforming depressing streets into colorful galleries. His street photography reveals that signs, murals or entire buildings send messages that seem to talk, if not shout, to the passerby, using splashes of vibrant color, religious-infused script and heroic or fashionable faces.”

Places Journal: Founded 26 years ago by architecture faculty at MIT and Berkeley, Places is an interdisciplinary journal of contemporary architecture, landscape, and urbanism, with particular emphasis on the public realm as physical place and social ideal. The journal is now a fully web-based, open-access publication. Places online publishes peer-reviewed scholarship as well as topical commentary, observations, reviews, and visual portfolios.

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