Enrico Natali photo from "Detroit 1968."
Have we finally had enough ruin porn focusing on Detroit?
That's what Lee DeVito asks in an article in the Metro Times on "Detroit 1968," a new book of photographs by Enrico Natali and released by Foggy Notion Books.
"Can it be that ruin porn fatigue is finally starting to set in?' Might there be an appetite out there for images of Detroit when it was still one of the most prosperous cities in the country?
DeVito writes that "Detroit 1968" is definitely not ruin porn.
"On the surface, the collection shows a middle-class utopia whose residents are enjoying the American Dream."
Natalli tells Metro Times that the original photos, taken from 1967-70, were part of a 1972 book, "New American People."
Natalli will attend a free book release party at 7 p.m. Friday at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, 4454 Woodward. It's open to the public. -- Allan Lengel
Earlier coverage: A New Book Of Photos Shows 1968 Tigers Fans Twerking To World Series Win, Nov. 5
