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DETROIT NIGHTS is an ongoing photography series documenting the streets, railroads, quiet corners, and the unpredictable public lighting of Detroit at night. I have been explor- ing and photographing the city after dark since the 1990s, trying to capture the strange serenity that can be found off the beaten paths, and rarely seen by those with 9-to-5 sleep cycles. This series grew out of my night-owl nature, often finding myself up at the wee hours—sometimes due to insomnia, sometimes because I’m working all night, some- times because it’s foggy and beautiful outside, and sometimes because I just left the bar, and got inspired along my drunk-route home. Like a lot of projects, I didn’t initially think of it as its own series—the night shots just started adding up, until a light bulb went off. Night photos from Fisher Body as I worked late on the Ziggurat, night photos of scrappers pushing carts and burning copper, self-portraits on depressed nights as I walked the rail- road. By 2007, when I switched from film to digital photography, Detroit Nights became a proper series for me, and I found myself spending hours on long-exposures, staying still, listening, looking, shooting. By 2015, the randomness of Detroit’s streetlights grew from a sparse collection of sodium and mercury vapor lamps to the intensity of LED illumination on every street. It was also in 2015 that Nora Modern in Detroit made the series into a book(130 pages, 5.5 x 8 inches), email scotthocking@gmail.com for available copies |
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BOBLO BOAT ROUGE REFLECTION |
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NEW MOON, CHRISTMAS EVE, 2011 |
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I-75 OVER CARBON WORKS AND THE ROUGE |
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DETROIT AND PONTIAC RR, SOUTH |
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E. GRAND BLVD, EAST |
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POLAR VORTEX BLOOD MOON LUNAR ECLIPSE, WEST |
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DAVISON FOG MOUND |
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JEFFERSON AT DEARBORN |
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STANLEY'S MANNIA |
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EDSEL FORD RIVER, SUPERMOON SEWER SLAM 2014 |
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DAVISON MOUND |
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FOX CREEK LAMP |
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GRATIOT BILLBOARD |
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X-MAS TREE ARROW |
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SMASHED LAST BASCULE BRIDGE, JEFFERSON AT THE ROUGE |
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POLAR VORTEX, FRENCH ROAD |
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EL LYNNS DINER |
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YES WE DID |
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EASTOWN HOLE |
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MY ALLEY |
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GRAND TRUNK COLD STORAGE |
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HARDING SHIPWRECKS |
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IGLOO CASTLE WITH FLAMING ROUGE |
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OLD NEW HOUSE, MARINA DISTRICT |
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PIQUETTE, EAST |
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POLAR VORTEX, GRAY STREET SYCAMORES |
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CANDY WORLD |
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OBAMA |
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POLAR VORTEX, X-MAS ICEBERGS |
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AMERICAN AXLE SNOWDRIFT SEASCAPE, GROUNDHOG DAY |
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POLAR VORTEX, TWO BROTHERS TUNDRA AND MORGAN ESTATES |
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POLAR VORTEX, DEQUINDRE CUT, SOUTH FROM WILKINS |
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LYMAN PLACE |
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OAKLAND AT NEVADA |
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INCINERATOR |
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WILSON DAIRY |
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POLAR VORTEX, MINUS 48 |
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LITTLE CAESAR |
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DAVISON RAMPS |
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PARKING LOT, WAREHOUSE DISTRICT |
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WEATHERBEE AT MILWAUKEE |
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DAVE'S DRIVE-IN |
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NEW CENTER STAMPING |
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DAVISON TREES |
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FULL MOON, 4TH OF JULY |
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POLAR VORTEX, WINFIELD FOUNDRY TUNDRA MOON MINUS CME AURORA |
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POLAR VORTEX, DEQUINDRE CUT, NORTH FROM ALFRED |
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LYMAN PLACE |
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NEW YEARS MORNING, 2014 |
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CUSTER AT BRUSH |
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ZUG |
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GRAND TRUNK, WEST |
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14TH ST CUL DE SAC |
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MARATHON AND THE SALT MINES |
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BARRON SHIPWRECK |
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ATWATER STREET |
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MILWAUKEE, WEST |
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5 AM, OLD POST OFFICE, RUSSELL AT LYMAN |
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FOG NIGHT, HASTINGS STREET |
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THE HOLE, PHASE II |
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STEAMING SCRAP HEAP, STRONG STREET |
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(AROUND THE CLOCK) TELEPHONE SERVICE |
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GLASS TRASH HOUSE, POLETOWN |
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CONTINENTAL |
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RR TWO TRACK, NORTH |
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PIZZA SLUSH |
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LEARN TO FLY |
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DAVISON TREES |
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NEW LIGHT BAPTIST CHURCH |
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ROUGE RR DRAWBRIDGE |
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ROUGE 75 VIADUCT |
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FOGGY AMBASSADOR |
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FOGGY ST CLAIRE |
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DETROIT & PONTIAC RR FOG |
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MUD MOUND |
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MICHIGAN AVE, 2 AM |
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RR YARD / FOGGY HOBO HIGHWAY TO HELL |
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FORT WAYNE FORT SMOKE |
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THE FORT |
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BARRACKS LAMP |
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BRIGHTON BEACH POWER, WINDSOR |
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ILLUMINATED CLOUDS OVER THE STRAIT |
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REC CENTER COLLAPSE |
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BREWSTER FIREPLACE |
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MELANCHOLIA NIGHT, MOUNTED POLICE ON BETHUNE |
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AMERICA'S OLDEST STATE FAIR ENDS WITH THE STROKE |
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FISHERMAN'S TWO TRACKS |
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POLAR VORTEX BLOOD MOON LUNAR ECLIPSE, EAST |
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THE FIST, NEW YEARS MORNING |
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LAFAYETTE |
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FOGGY FRISBEE SUBSTATION |
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DODGE STARGATE, NEW YEARS MORNING |
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THE PINK WALL |
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WE DO GOOD WORK |
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SINGLETON'S |
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DUTY FREE |
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CLARK COURT MARY |
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DUMPSTER BOWLING, MI PUEBLO |
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PACKARD SCRAPPERS |
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FOG NIGHT, EAST FROM FB21 |
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PACKARD MOTEL |
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E. GRAND BLVD. WEST |
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FOG FROM OAKLAND |
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FOG NIGHT, FREEWAYS FROM FISHER |
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FOG SHIP FISHER BODY 21 |
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