Had big plans for yesterday, there's an old Art Deco building here in Louisville that looks on Google Street View like it's been abandoned and neglected for quite some time, was going to shoot it in the morning sun. Yesterday dawned dim and moist, kind of put a damper on my plans but it was too warm not to go shooting, just had to find somewhere well suited to a grey and dreary day. Finally it hit me, go shoot up the hood!
Does it get any more hood than a billboard saying "Trust Crooks"? Throw in a laundromat that had seen better days before I was born and you start to get a feel for the place.
God bless legal loan sharks. If it wasn't for them and their generous 1000% APR loans there'd be a lot more unemployed bankruptcy lawyers in this city.
The Great Wok is great no more. You could say hard times have come to the hood but that would imply there was a time when it was less hard and that's hard to imagine.
Not all the businesses have closed, some are still up and running but it's hard to tell which is which.
"You got that lean? Don't have to look far to see people struggling.
The housing options in the hood may take a little getting used to but sooner or later they'll grow on you.
Home is where the broken glass is. Should probably clarify that I am using 'hood' in the sense of 'my old neighborhood,' rather than the more colloquial 'place white people are afraid to go.' Now you should have a bit of a feel for the hood.
Just not a very accurate one. These last two photos are literally right around the corner from the broken windows and no trespassing signs place. This carefully curated impression of my old neighborhood was put together as demonstration of how 'news' media, propagandists, and people more generally use small truths to perpetuate larger untruths.
Corporate Trendy architecture at it's finest! So the next time someone's showing you 'how it is', just ask yourself what is it they ain't showing me? Until next time y'all, question everything.
