Has anyone seen Julie Taubman's photo book on Detroit?

[Occurrence]

I know lots of white girls with expensive camera equipment who shoot photos and explore buildings in "the hood." They haven't been robbed and they don't use a police escort.

In fact, I thought the city is having major budget and police layoff issues? Since when do they have the resources to have police escort this hack around to take photos?

From what I have read, this woman can more than afford the best insurance for her equipment available anyways.

[SteveJ]

I know lots of white girls with expensive camera equipment who shoot photos and explore buildings in "the hood." They haven't been robbed and they don't use a police escort.

In fact, I thought the city is having major budget and police layoff issues? Since when do they have the resources to have police escort this hack around to take photos?

From what I have read, this woman can more than afford the best insurance for her equipment available anyways.

You can hire police hours after hours and none of us would send our mother by herself to walk the streets of Highland park let alone with $10k worth of camera equipment.

[Occurrence]

I've seen a lot of her photos. She's not a bad photographer, but what she does doesn't warrant 10k in camera equipment.

The fact that she does hire a police escort cheapens the whole thing in my opinion. There are plenty of superior photographers around here who do this kind of thing and risk a lot just for their photos. They don't need to hire bodyguards to keep them safe.