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SCRAPPERS is a series of photographs documenting the lifestyle and environment of Detroiters, often homeless men, who survive by salvaging scrap metal. The finished project also included a sculptural installation - 200lbs of copper wire in a charred cart, and its equivalent of 50 cent caramel corn snacks - the amount a scrapper named Country Boy could buy from the gas station at my corner after smelting and selling this copper. click here to read: Scrappers - Shrinking Cities International Research Text, Volume 1, Hatje Cantz, Berlin, 2004
THE ANGEL PROPHET ELI WHEELER |
BERNIE AT JEFFERSON AND 8TH |
COUNTRY BOYS FIRE |
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BURN AREA |
COUNTRYS BED |
COUNTRYS CARTS |
FISHER BODY 21 |
NIGHT CART |
ALLEY CARTS |
MACK SCRAP CARTS |
THE CUT |
THE BURNERS |
J |
TREE HOLE |
STACEY AND J |
BURNER HOLE |
SLIMS BED |
J'S PAD |
J'S CAT |
RAYS CARTAGE |
SLIM / SMILEY |
D ON DEVILS NIGHT |
DO NOT ENTER YOU ARE BEING WATCHED |
JAMES CART |
DAVEY AT SCHWARTZ |
MOHAMMED AT KELSEY HAYES |
T'S BIKE |
T'S PLACE |
SCRAP PRICE |
STUDEBAKER SCRAP HOLE |
CONTINENTAL SCRAP HOLE |
LEE PLAZA |
LEE PLAZA - SCRAPPED COPPER ROOF |
LEE HOLE |
DETROIT IRON & METAL |
MARS CART |
CASH FOR SCRAP |
WE SHALL MAKE GOOD SCRAP HERE.. AT A PROFIT IF WE CAN - AT A LOSS IF WE MUST... BUT ALWAYS GOOD SCRAP! |
DIX SCRAP |
KRONK SCRAP |
BRICK SCRAPPERS |
MCNICHOLS SCRAP CRASH |
NUNCHUCK SECURITY |
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D'S GHOST |
BURNED CART |
COUNTRYS COPPER |
SCRAPPER CART INSTALLATION |
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NO COPPER |
COPPER = HOURS = CENTS / CRACK = MINUTES = $$$ |
NIGHT SCRAPPING |
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