Detroit’s decaying architecture attracts photographers from around the world, and Michigan Central Station is the most frequently photographed site.

Moore spent 60 days photographing the architectural ruins in Detroit.  He says the bright green moss he saw carpeting the floors of Henry Ford’s old office at the former Ford Motor Company Headquarters reminded him of an aerial view of rice paddies in Indonesia.

“Librarian, Detroit” shows the librarian’s office of the former Mark Twain branch of the Detroit Public Library.

Detroit photographers Romain Blanquart (left) and Brian Widdis (behind) grew frustrated with visiting photographers presenting the ruins of a dead city to the world.  They responded with the website “Can’t Forget the Motor City,” to draw attention to the people who live in Detroit, and are often absent from the ruin photos.

Blanquart works in color, focusing on the people of Detroit.  “Cupid Shuffle” shows a summer blues jam in an abandoned lot locals call “John’s Carpet House.”

Widdis works in black and white to record landscapes and surfaces.  This photograph is from the series “God Is Good (All The Time).”

Some artists attracted to Detroit’s ruin architecture decide to stay.  Blake Carroll unscrews the heavily boarded-up door to an old cigar factory he and fellow artist kt Andresky purchased for $21,000.

Andresky and Caroll want to use the old cigar factory (left) as an artist’s workshop, with a ceramics studio, dance floor, retail and office space, and apartments.