Eric Smith is a commercial & fine art photographer working out of Detriot michigan. He studied fine art photography at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit, but doesn't appear to have a BFA or MFA. I've chosen to highlight his work for a couple reasons. First, he is working from a place where the economy is certainly rock bottom & a mjaor industry is failing. Secondly, his subject in this series is a building that is no longer functioning as they were originally intended.
These photos are created using HDR photography. Although his site doesn't explain his specific proccess, normally HDR is a compilation of 3 or more images which both over & underexpose the scene, and then together ensure all details are hyperealistic. (There are some plugins & programs which imtate the process, but I don't think Smith is using these).
His statement explains "In a series of portfolios Eric Smith photographs architecture in Detroit, using it to illustrate the city’s ongoing transformation. In his contribution to the Midwest Photographers Project Smith focuses on the abandoned Michigan Central Station, a train depot in the Beaux Arts style that was built in 1913 and closed in 1988. Although it shows years of neglect, the building’s marble walls and Doric columns are solidly intact and the space retains its majestic scale."
Smith is represented by the Monroe Gallery of Photographyin Santa Fe, New Mexico: http://www.monroegallery.com/
his personal site is: www.ericsmith.us
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