Feral Houses
Feral Houses is a project that grew out of the Sweet Juniper blog. The owners (who go by the sweet names of “Dutch” and “Wood”) live in “the most dangerous city in America” also known as Detroit. Dutch, a former lawyer whose real name is James Griffioen, noticed packs of feral dogs roaming the streets, which started him wondering about the thousands of abandoned houses in the city that are returning to the wild as well. He began documenting a few of them, and the photos are sad, eerie, and amazing. In the spirit of the Ice House (which we posted about here), James turned urban decay into art, and offers prints of two of the houses (including Feral House #13, above) for sale on the art-for-everyone site 20 x 200. Since his initial post, James has documented a second round of houses, and there are some amazing images. We hope he offers a few of these for sale as well, we’d like to add them to our new collection. Check out the whole posts of images at the links below.
Feral Houses (Sweet Juniper)
(More) Feral Houses (Sweet Juniper)
James Griffioen (20 x 200)