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What makes Paris, Texas and all of Wim’s work so special is that it is filled with so much yearning and so much restlessness; people aching so badly to find what it is they’re looking for. They’re all so hungry for love and connection and something to make them feel alive. Some of them find it in others and then some of them realize even if they did—would it even make them feel better? Or are they destined to eternally feel that hole inside? Travis leaves Jane and Hunter in the end because he knows putting together the pieces of the past won’t put him back together. He’s ripped apart we’ll never know why. None of us do. Wenders’ also expressed that, “hotels room have a real magic because you feel yourself, who you are in a different way and in an anonymous hotel room than you would ever be able to at home.” His films all live in transient places like motels where everyone’s face changes from moment to moment—and in a way that’s more comforting than feeling sorrow in the comfort of stability. 

Cinematic Panic: Longing Endlessly with Wim Wenders’ Paris, Texas

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We have some work to do.

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“Detroit Is No Dry Bones,” Ruth Chapel AME Church, East Kirby Street at Baldwin Street, Detroit, 2012. Photo © Camilo José Vergara

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Does Detroit need an Emergency Manager?

I just read a bit on Detroit News about Mayor Bing trying to get around the Emergency Manager results. Do people want an emergency manager????

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The Detroit Tigers will win the world series this year.

(via mmmmwhs)

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Belle Isle

Detroit’s island park is where I’ve taken some of my favorite pictures. Belle Isle is a place to find beauty (and the occasional dead body or discarded handgun) within the boundaries of a city not known for its natural beauty.

The top image was taken last summer on Blue Heron Lagoon at sunrise on a hot, muggy day. I was on my usual vampire schedule and decided to stay up for the sunrise. The coloring on the lagoon ended up being spectacular, and this picture was the centerpiece among several Detroit images I had in an art show downtown last fall. Unfortunately, a local camera shop damaged the original negative while scanning it, so all I have is one scanned file of the picture.

The second picture, going clockwise, was shot more recently at sunset during our unusually warm winter on Belle Isle Beach facing downtown Detroit. I used Fuji Velvia color slide film, which gives outdoor scenes a natural-looking color saturation unlike any other film.

The bottom two pictures were taken with my phone as test shots, and are a great example of how well the iPhone 4S’s camera does handheld in low light. 

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HAPPY OPENING DAY DETROIT!!! Eat em' up Tigers! Eat em' up!

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GO TIGERS!!!!!! THIS IS OUR YEAR! WORLD SERIES 2012!

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DANNY BROWN

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It's just so beautiful.