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Michigan Avenue
Exodus
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Michigan Avenue
Beginning in the very epicenter of Detroit, Michigan Avenue, or route 12, passes through suburbs that are as diverse and segregated as countries on a map before it stretches out into the rural Michigan countryside. Eventually the road turns back into an industrial landscape, passing through Gary, Indiana and then becoming immersed in the high-rises of Chicago and the Magnificent Mile. Although the road moves east to west, the affect one has by traveling on it is more like traveling in a circle that completes itself. These photographs are presented in geographic order, so that viewers can experience the journey as they move from one picture to the next. The images also pay careful attention to the changing land as it evolves from an urban landscape into a rural one and back again. By traveling Michigan Avenue one can truly get a sense of how gradual the change is from one place to the next. This is something that is lost by traveling on super highways or by flying. People bounce from one place to the next and never know what lies in-between. This project is all about exploring the in-between.
Exodus
The images in this series were created using motion sensor cameras, placed in the forests in and around Metropolitan Atlanta. It is an area on the frontlines of urban sprawl in America. By using a motion sensor camera, which is traditionally used by hunters, I have allowed the animals in these images to play a role in their creation. Because of the unpredictable and elusive nature of animals there is always an element of surprise built into each image. It is similar to the surprise one feels when actually seeing wildlife, no matter how mundane. In these images, the camera functions as an intruder in the shrinking habitat of suburban wildlife. The flash illuminates the night, revealing the creatures we know are there but rarely see. These photographs allow the viewer to form a relationship with the animals with which we share our own backyards and give an identity to the real victims of urban sprawl.
Night Zoo, 2009
(3:00 Clip)
Finch, 2007
Installation View
Hamster on a Wheel, 2007
David Byrne
Ken Kesey
Noam Chomsky
Eugene Richards
Jane Goodall
David Cerny
Allen Ginsberg
Thich Nhat Hanh
Bob Weir
Patch Adams
Hour Detroit, April 2008
Hour Detroit, April 2008
XXL Magazine, December 2007
Hour Detroit, December 2006
Hour Detroit, December 2006
Hour Detroit, February 2006
Hour Detroit, December 2005
Hour Detroit, July 2005
Hour Detroit, April 2005
Hour Detroit, February 2005
Hour Detroit, September 2004
Hour Detroit, September 2004
Hour Detroit, May 2004
Hour Detroit, May 2004
Matthew Moore
In 2009 Matthew Moore received his MFA degree from Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia. While there he was awarded the Ernest G. Welch Graduate Photography Award in 2007 and the Chandler Award in 2006. Matthew received a BFA degree from The Center for Creative Studies in Detroit, Michigan in 2000 and has studied with world renowned photographers, Eugene Richards and Sylvia Plachy. In 2000 Matthew moved to Prague, Czech Republic where in 2002 he was selected to participate in the “Twelve Candidates for the Grant of Prague” exhibition at the Josef Sudek House of Photography. After returning to the United States Matthew became a frequent contributor to Hour Detroit Magazine and his 2004 documentary, “A Tale of Two Cities,” won a silver medal for Best Photo Essay in a City or Regional Magazine. Other editorial clients include Detroit Home Magazine, XXL and Mass Appeal. Matthew has taught photography at several institutions and universities including Henry Ford Community College in Dearborn, Michigan and Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia. Matthew currently divides his time between Prague and Atlanta.