Personal photo blog of Brian D. Hawkins
Amateur photos taken with a cheap camera.

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I just came accross this yesterday and had to get it up. In Detroit at Mt. Elliot and Lynch Rd.
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Best Friends...
Sadie, a female Sheltie loves her friend Sparta a male tabby. They play for hours then cuddle up to sleep.
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Mail Call...
It was the perfect day in August of 2006. J. W. Westcott Co. delivering the mail to the Calumet, a 603-foot, 5,800-ton ship. The Calumet was...
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Flying Proud...
This photo has not been doctored-up. The clouds look like they were painted in but that’s just the way it turned out. It was the fall of...
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Just Chillin’...
This was a stange find. This doll is guarding an uncovered manhole on one of Detroit’s east side streets. I was disappointed to find it...
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Hardened...
Just a cool looking padlock. Weathered and strong.
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Bad Planning?...
Don’t wait until the last minute? Strange pic, I know.
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Water Drenching Fu...
I think this is one of my better photographs. It was a very hot summer day in Detroit. It may not please the water company or fire department...
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What Ever It takes...
Shot in Detroit around March of 2008 of McNichols at the I-75 overpass. Panhandling is found throughout the city. Unfortunately many are street...
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When Ya’ll O...
I shouldn’t pick on these guys but it’s pretty funny. This sign popped up in North East Detroit off Gratiot in the summer of 2008.
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Car Pride...
That’s a 1973 Oldsmobile Cutlass-Supreme. Metal flaked gold, 350 Rocket and perfect body and interior. I believe it had fifty or sixty...
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Hillbilly Haulin&#...
Who says a full size pickup hauls more? There must be over a thousand pizzas in this Ranger’s cargo.
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Vacant Sadness...
A spray paint poet goes to work on a vacant building on Detroit’s east side.
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Hard Times...
Selling pallets is pretty common in Detroit but many locals. A decent standard size shipping pallet brings in around four dollars.
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Where’s The ...
I won’t say which business in Detroit has this for an employee’s bathroom but I will say they’re still in business and it’s...
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Bold History...
Detroit’s abandoned train station was once the Michigan Central Station buseling with life. The windows are gone and years of weather and...
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What Are You Looki...
This old mule and me decided to check each other out at a local apple orchard. It was just before Halloween ‘07 in south east Michigan....
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A Cry For Help...
Shot in the summer of 2008 in Detroit on Grinnell just east of Van Dyke.
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Fire Alarm...
This is a wall mount commercial fire alarm. Shot was taken in a brand new building. Wall color is a flat blue tint.
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Detroit City Sidew...
Some might think this is a sad photo but I’m pretty proud of it. It captures the real life deterioration that Detroit’s been facing...
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