Honestly, I don’t remember which location this is around Detroit. I think it is the Fisher Body Plant, but I’m probably wrong. Either way, I like the final outcome of the photo from 2019
Fisher Body Plant Graffit
I’ve been to this facility two or three times in the past. It is truly a wonderful explore. This is one of my favorite all time graffiti art works. Maybe not the best done of all time, but I loved the use of the wall and floor.
Fisher Body Plant
Today’s post is from the Fisher Body Plant in Detroit Michigan. I took this photo in early 2018 when I was exploring the city with Theaterwiz, Robert, Blair, Jacques, and Luis. I was happy and sad to see the improvements within the city. They’re taking down and/or repairing abandoned buildings very quickly, which is great for the city….sad for urbex photographers like me.
I liked how the blue glass in the windows made this area look…..
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Morgue
I’ve been off social media for a few days. I just needed a break. I’m back now.
While I was away, I spent the entire weekend out taking photos, which felt great. One of the locations I photographed was the Trans Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in Weston, West Virginia. We had full access to all the buildings for the entire morning, some portions of them going back to the Civil War. One of the buildings on the large campus was a medical facility. I can only guess what took place within that facility. In the lowest level, I came across the morgue. It still has a two-shelf human body cooler for storing bodies and a coffin on the floor. MJ referred to this photo as creepy. I didn’t feel that way, but I’m weird.
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Art In Abandoned Places
One of the things I love about abandoned buildings is the great works of art that individuals have left behind. Most people don’t think of graffiti as art. But it is!! I don’t always like the location of graffiti…..for example I don’t like to see graffiti on buildings that are in use or on public structures like bridges. And I don’t always like “tags” or junk graffiti, just like I don’t like stick figure drawings. But a well-done graffiti painting can be amazing and is art. Make no mistake…..it’s art!
So the next time you’re thinking about going to a gallery or museum to see some art, concern an abandoned building instead. Believe me when I say, you’ll find art in these places.
By the way, I took this photo inside the abandoned Fisher Body Plant in Detroit Michigan.
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Fisher Body Plant
Detroit Graffiti
I love this graffiti art, which we found inside the abandoned Fisher Body Plant in Detroit. The day we were there, there was a larger photo group inside the building as well. So it was a little hard to capture a photo without someone being in the way. Every abandoned location has graffiti, but some of them are top notch. That’s where I’d put this mural. Top Notch!!
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Fisher Body Plant - Detroit
Here is another photo from Blair and my exploration of this old beauty. We spent a few hours wandering around this place. It was a wonderful experience. What we didn’t expect to find was a ton of other photographers there doing the same thing.
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Fisher Body Plant
Here is another from the Fisher Body Plant in Detroit Michigan. It was a fun experience and cool to see so many other photographers in the same place at the same time. You can see my other post from this location here: http://brook-ward.com/blog/2015/11/28/fisher-body-plant-assembly-line
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Fisher Body Plant - Assembly Line
We had a great time visiting family in the Detroit area over the Thanksgiving weekend. While we were there, Blair and I made good use of some free time to photograph some abandoned spots.
To my surprise, we were not the only ones with this idea. We hit three spots on Friday morning and ran into others doing the same thing. In fact, when we showed up to the Fisher Body Plant, there were probably 20 other photographers already in the facility.
This photo is from the assembly line on the upper floor. We probably spent a little over an hour in this building, but we could have stayed all day because it is huge.
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What can I say....Blair is quick.