Paper Bubble by Jason Wagner

I’m back from three weeks in Kenya and I still don’t quite believe I was there. Each and every day was an adventure from a late night visit to our Safari camp by a herd of Elephants to playing statues with local school kids, Kenya is everything I ever dreamed of and more. You’ll have to forgive me though as I need to sort through over 3000 photos before posting them here. In the mean time I’ll leave you with the eldest of the lion cubs we tracked in the Masai Mara as he patiently waits for supper.

Even in the hardest time, there is hope.

So my recent post is now untrue as Detroit is going to get a Robocop statue after all, thanks to the power of geeks. It doesnt however change how screwed the city is since the motor industries painful decline. A recent article in the Guardian tells the stark truth and captured by Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre.

Detroit in ruins: the photographs of Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre

In downtown Detroit, the streets are lined with abandoned hotels and swimming pools, ruined movie houses and schools, all evidence of the motor city’s painful decline. The photographs of Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre document what remains of a once-great city – and hint at the wider story of post-industrial America, writes Sean O’Hagan

It’s depressing that one of the richest nation on Earth can let this happen…