DOWN THESE MEAN STREETS (United States, 2008-2010)
For decades America’s inner cities have suffered from neglect, shrinking government budgets, declining local economies, poor schools and problems from drugs and violence. “We are obsessed with Homeland Security,” Will Steacy says, “but we no longer see what is that we are fighting for.” While wandering the transitional zones between the airports and business districts at night, Steacy recorded the hopeless state of the American inner cities in large format images. His aim is to expose the problems – because otherwise nothing will ever be done about them.
