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What It’s Really Like in Flint and the Bronx: Photos by Brennan Cavanaugh

Grim Scenes

In ‘Signs of Trouble,’ photographer Brennan Cavanaugh captures the financial state of the community in pictures.

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Published Jun. 30 2014 5:45AM EDT

galleries/2014/06/30/what-it-s-really-like-in-flint-and-the-bronx-photos-by-brennan-cavanaugh/signs-trouble-flint5_dvmqsd — Brennan Cavanaugh/economichardship.org

galleries/2014/06/30/what-it-s-really-like-in-flint-and-the-bronx-photos-by-brennan-cavanaugh/signs-trouble-flint10_axco5k — Brennan Cavanaugh’s work documents indicators of economic hardship. With “Signs of Trouble,” the photographer captures the verbal and non-verbal indicators that tell us about the financial states of a community—in this case, Flint, Michigan and The Bronx, New York. This piece was supported and produced by the Economic Hardship Reporting Project, a nonprofit dedicated to journalism about inequality.

Brennan Cavanaugh/economichardship.org

galleries/2014/06/30/what-it-s-really-like-in-flint-and-the-bronx-photos-by-brennan-cavanaugh/signs-trouble-flint2_tua8k1 — Flint, MI
Brennan Cavanaugh/economichardship.org

galleries/2014/06/30/what-it-s-really-like-in-flint-and-the-bronx-photos-by-brennan-cavanaugh/signs-trouble-flint15_w0mvyj — Flint, MI
Brennan Cavanaugh/economichardship.org

galleries/2014/06/30/what-it-s-really-like-in-flint-and-the-bronx-photos-by-brennan-cavanaugh/signs-trouble-flint7_szfkgq — Flint, MI
Brennan Cavanaugh/economichardship.org

galleries/2014/06/30/what-it-s-really-like-in-flint-and-the-bronx-photos-by-brennan-cavanaugh/signs-trouble-flint6_akjosc — Flint, MI
Brennan Cavanaugh/economichardship.org

galleries/2014/06/30/what-it-s-really-like-in-flint-and-the-bronx-photos-by-brennan-cavanaugh/signs-trouble-flint4_luymxu — Flint, MI
Brennan Cavanaugh/economichardship.org

galleries/2014/06/30/what-it-s-really-like-in-flint-and-the-bronx-photos-by-brennan-cavanaugh/signs-trouble-flint14_zd6ibw — Brennan Cavanaugh
Brennan Cavanaugh/economichardship.org

galleries/2014/06/30/what-it-s-really-like-in-flint-and-the-bronx-photos-by-brennan-cavanaugh/signs-trouble-flint8_ht59ee — Flint, MI
Brennan Cavanaugh/economichardship.org

galleries/2014/06/30/what-it-s-really-like-in-flint-and-the-bronx-photos-by-brennan-cavanaugh/signs-trouble-flint5_xbehsx — The Bronx, NY
Brennan Cavanaugh/economichardship.org

galleries/2014/06/30/what-it-s-really-like-in-flint-and-the-bronx-photos-by-brennan-cavanaugh/signs-trouble-flint3_buua0y — Flint, MI
Brennan Cavanaugh

galleries/2014/06/30/what-it-s-really-like-in-flint-and-the-bronx-photos-by-brennan-cavanaugh/signs-trouble-flint9_qqdsyo — Flint, MI
Brennan Cavanaugh/economichardship.org

galleries/2014/06/30/what-it-s-really-like-in-flint-and-the-bronx-photos-by-brennan-cavanaugh/signs-trouble-flint11_xgjofb — Flint, MI
Brennan Cavanaugh/economichardship.org

galleries/2014/06/30/what-it-s-really-like-in-flint-and-the-bronx-photos-by-brennan-cavanaugh/signs-trouble-bronx2_rfkied — The Bronx, NY
Brennan Cavanaugh/economichardship.org

galleries/2014/06/30/what-it-s-really-like-in-flint-and-the-bronx-photos-by-brennan-cavanaugh/signs-trouble-bronx-1_zmvixw — The Bronx, NY
Brennan Cavanaugh

galleries/2014/06/30/what-it-s-really-like-in-flint-and-the-bronx-photos-by-brennan-cavanaugh/signs-trouble-flint12_ritmfu — Flint, MI
Brennan Cavanaugh/economichardship.org

galleries/2014/06/30/what-it-s-really-like-in-flint-and-the-bronx-photos-by-brennan-cavanaugh/signs-trouble-flint1_o309b3 — Flint, MI
Brennan Cavanaugh/economichardship.org

galleries/2014/06/30/what-it-s-really-like-in-flint-and-the-bronx-photos-by-brennan-cavanaugh/signs-trouble-flint13_hlsbyq — Flint, MI
Brennan Cavanaugh/economichardship.org

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