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American Black Journal

I.Detroit

“I.Detroit: a Human Atlas of an American city” features digital photography, in-depth oral histories, and DNA ancestral data. The project comes together in the form of a coffee table book and photo recognition app. It was funded by the Kresge Foundation and supported by the Charles H. Wright museum. Stephen Henderson talks with the man behind the initiative, British artist Marcus Lyon.

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