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Bruce Weber’s Detroit Brings Life to a Fallen City

Artistic Revival

All-American photographer Bruce Weber captures the characters and places that show the vibrant, life-filled side of Detroit.

The Fashion Beast Team

The Fashion Beast Team

Published Jun. 18 2014 11:33AM EDT

galleries/2014/06/18/bruce-weber-s-detroit/140611-webber-detroit-05-gallery-tease_lcbg8x — Bruce Weber

galleries/2014/06/18/bruce-weber-s-detroit/140611-webber-detroit-03_uvrrvx — J’Leon Love, Boxer, Detroit, Michigan, 2006.
Bruce Weber

galleries/2014/06/18/bruce-weber-s-detroit/140611-webber-detroit-10_gor5hx — Patti Smith, Musician and Writer, New York City, 1996.
Bruce Weber

galleries/2014/06/18/bruce-weber-s-detroit/140611-webber-detroit-05_tunuyt — Chanel Hamilton and Admirers, Detroit, Michigan, 2006.
Bruce Weber

galleries/2014/06/18/bruce-weber-s-detroit/140611-webber-detroit-02_lgbds6 — Aungelique Patton-James, Poet, in Rivera Court, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan, 2006.
Bruce Weber

galleries/2014/06/18/bruce-weber-s-detroit/140611-webber-detroit-01_m2vdhs — Janelson Figueora, Student and National Champion Boxer, Detroit, Michigan, 2013.
Bruce Weber

galleries/2014/06/18/bruce-weber-s-detroit/140611-webber-detroit-06_k1uiwy — Flower girl, Belle Isle, Detroit, Michigan, 2006.
Bruce Weber

galleries/2014/06/18/bruce-weber-s-detroit/140611-webber-detroit-04_musdsz — J’Leon Love, Boxer, Detroit, Michigan, 2006.
Bruce Weber

galleries/2014/06/18/bruce-weber-s-detroit/140611-webber-detroit-07_omnkjj — Jeremy Marek, Student, Detroit, Michigan, 2006.
Bruce Weber

galleries/2014/06/18/bruce-weber-s-detroit/140611-webber-detroit-08_hm1wog — Iggy Pop, Musician and Detroit’s Biggest Fan, Miami, Florida, 2008.
Bruce Weber

galleries/2014/06/18/bruce-weber-s-detroit/140611-webber-detroit-09_vkzjoa — Christopher Gardner, Artist, and Von Jour Reece, Fashion Designer, at Bert's Marketplace, Detriot, 2006.
Bruce Weber

galleries/2014/06/18/bruce-weber-s-detroit/140611-webber-detroit-11_ku7uj4 — Devin Thompson, Student, Detroit, Michigan, 2006.
Bruce Weber

galleries/2014/06/18/bruce-weber-s-detroit/140611-webber-detroit-12_cvqfsb — Parishioner outside Perfecting Church, Detroit, Michigan, 2006.
Bruce Weber

galleries/2014/06/18/bruce-weber-s-detroit/140611-webber-detroit-13_x8sfdl — Rosa Parks’s Gravesite, Detroit, Michigan, 2006.
Bruce Weber

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