Nearly all the photos you see on the website and in the February/March 2011 issue are by Brad Duncan. Brad is a political activist and freelance journalist who was

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first politicized by the Detroit Newspaper Strike (1995) as a teenager. His radio commentaries on the crossroads of music and radical social change movements can be heard on KBOO (Portland, OR). He lives in Philadelphia, PA and can be reached at [email protected].

Brad says: “I want these photos of Detroit to be the exact opposite of the ‘ruin porn’ image we always see of Detroit. I don’t think Detroit is pathetic or dead. For starters, I think Detroit is a city with a rich history of fighting for workers rights, fighting against racism, and creating some of the best music of all time.
I was moving out of Detroit after many years and wanted to capture some of the city’s classic (to me) images. I wanted to show Detroit to my friends around the world, and to have some images to remind me of the city while I’m away.”