{"id":28289,"date":"2018-05-16T13:21:16","date_gmt":"2018-05-16T13:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artzealous.com\/?p=28289"},"modified":"2018-05-16T13:21:16","modified_gmt":"2018-05-16T13:21:16","slug":"detroit-photographer-launches-kickstarter-to-create-a-time-capsule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artzealous.com\/detroit-photographer-launches-kickstarter-to-create-a-time-capsule\/","title":{"rendered":"Detroit Photographer Launches Kickstarter to Create a Time Capsule"},"content":{"rendered":"

Detroit, just a two-hour plane ride from New York City, has long been considered an affordable cultural habitat for artists looking for new opportunities and affordable living. Dutch artist Corine\u00a0Vermeulen<\/a> left her native Amsterdam and moved to Detroit in 2006 to set up her studio. The Detroit-based photographer\u00a0Corine Vermeulen\u00a0has launched a\u00a0Kickstarter<\/a>\u00a0to produce a photo book of portraits and landscapes celebrating day-to-day life in Detroit, capturing a strong community in the midst of a challenging transition. Entitled\u00a0Your Town\u00a0Tomorrow<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/a>, the book is slated to be published in December, 2018.<\/p>\n

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Diaz family and their \u201848 Chevrolet Fleetline, 2008<\/span><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Known for both economic turmoil and new opportunity, very few take a closer look at what makes Detroit great – the people. Vermeulen hopes her book will convey how essential Detroit\u2019s resilient citizens are to their city\u2019s cultural vitality. Vermeulen has chronicled her life and work in Detroit for more than a decade: the communities she has lived in, her friends and neighbors, strangers on the street.\u00a0Your Town\u00a0Tomorrow<\/span><\/span><\/em>\u00a0is a portrait of all these people and places.<\/p>\n

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Mighty Throwback, 2011<\/em><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Vermeulen\u2019s book also reacts against the portrayal of Detroit as an abandoned city, full of industrial ruins. Instead, she hopes to shed new light on neighborhood organizations and activism and contribute to their visibility. Vermeulen began the\u00a0Your Town\u00a0Tomorrow<\/span><\/span><\/em>\u00a0series in 2008 by photographing community gardens and urban farms that help create a communal support system that addresses food security. From then on, the series has centered on these people and their work as they revitalize and rebuild the city from the ground up.<\/p>\n

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Drew in front of his $500 house, 2017<\/span><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Vermeulen stated, “Although documentary in format, it is also a very personal series to me as it chronicles my life and work in Detroit, the communities where I lived, and a lot of my friends and neighbors. After ten years of photographing, I\u2019m ready to publish a book of these images, and with your support, I can make this happen.”<\/p>\n

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Vermeulen has already exceeded her $10,000 goal, which will cover\u00a0the cost of hiring an oral historian to interview the people featured in the book as well as securing a designer to create the book’s final layout.<\/p>\n

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To support\u00a0Your Town Tomorrow (Detroit, 2007-2017),\u00a0<\/em>click\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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images \/\/ courtesy of the artist<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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