GATEWAY: Ghost Boards of Detroit is an investigative photo research project that catalogs and archives specific billboards - the use, disregard, and claiming of which is a barometer of development and disinvestment, a small-scale metric for larger social and economic changes happening in Detroit.
A small collection of the growing archive is shown here, all images are shot on 120 film. A series was printed and published by Furrawn Press.
GATEWAY
gate·way
noun
a means of access or entry to a place
a beginning point of understanding a community’s values and priorities