MOUNT CLEMENS GOOD MORNING
EVERYBODY THANK YOU FOR
BEING WITH US ON "LIVE IN
THE D" TO ALL OF YOU LIVE IN
DETROIT THE SUBURBS WE KNOW
THAT WE LIVE IN A BEAUTIFUL
AND OFTEN WE'RE TOLD A GRITY
CITY BUT IT'S A COMEBACK
TOWN.
Tati: ABSOLUTELY.
THAT BEAUTY IS BEING
CAPTURED BY LOCAL INSTAGRAM
STARS WHO ARE SHARING IMAGES
OF DETROIT WITH HUNDREDS OF
THOSE OF PEOPLE ACROSS THE
GLOBE.
Chuck: PHOTOGRAPHER ALEX
ATWELL SHOWS US WHAT IS
UNIQUELY DETROIT THAT IS
BEING CAPTIVATED BY MANY ON
INSTAGRAM.
WHY DO I THINK DETROIT IS
A GREAT CITY PHOTOGRAPH?
DETROIT HAS ITS OWN
SPECIAL FEEL IT TO.
AS A PHOTOGRAPHER DETROIT
HAS A LOT MORE OPPORTUNITY.
ANY KIND OF PHOTOGRAPHER
PINPOINTS SOMETHING TO SHOOT
IN DETROIT.
THE ARCHITECTURE THERE'S
NOTHING LIKE IT.
ARCHITECTURE IS
ABSOLUTELY AMAZING AROUND
DETROIT.
THE BUILDINGS WE HAVE THE
WAY THAT IT'S LAID OUT.
SO IN THE NOTION THEY
LOOK AT DETROIT THEY SEE ALL
THESE ABANDONED BUILDINGS
AND ALL THIS RUIN AND
DETROIT IS NOT LIKE THAT
YEAH WE HAVE THOSE PLACES
BUT THERE'S ALSO ALL THESE
OTHER PLACES THAT ARE
GORGEOUS.
THE DICHOTOMY OF THOSE TWO
IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AND
IT'S NICE TO HAVE THAT AND
PHOTOGRAPH THAT AND THEN
TELL A STORY ABOUT IT.
FIRST OF ALL, I'M VERY
PROUD OF BEING FROM DETROIT.
I WAS BORN AND RAISED AND IN
THE BEGINNING I JUST WENT
AROUND AND BASICALLY TOOK
PICTURES OF WHAT I SAW WHICH
IS BASICALLY YOU KNOW A
LITTLE BIT OF ABANDONMENT
BUT I FOUND BEAUTY IN
ABANDONMENT.
BASICALLY, VERY HAPPY TO
DOCUMENT OLD DETROIT AS I
CALL IT.
BECAUSE DETROIT IS MAKING
SUCH A HUGE COMEBACK THAT
ALMOST ALL OF MY FEED ON
INSTAGRAM IS BUILDINGS THAT
NO LONGER EXIST.
SO I'M VERY PROUD TO HAVE
ENCAPSULED THAT IN TIME.
WHAT MAKES A SUCCESSFUL
PHOTOGRAPHER INSTAGRAM?
TO ME IT'S JUST ABOUT
STAYING TRUE TO YOURSELF.
CAPTURE WHAT YOU FEEL THAT
YOU LOVE.
LIKE IF YOU GO OUT AND JUST
CAPTURE THINGS JUST TO
CAPTURE FOR CAPTURE SAKE
PEOPLE SEE.
THAT YOU JUST GOT TO HAVE
SOUL JUST BE WHO YOU ARE AND
YOU WILL DEVELOP A
FOLLOWING.
TALENTWISE THE YOUNG
TALENT THAT IS COMING UP
PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN AROUND
FOR A WHILE ARE JUST
AMAZING.
OH, YEAH, HANDSDOWN.
OH, ABSOLUTELY.
THERE'S TOO MANY TO NAME.
I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF
JUST RAW TALENTED
THROUGHOUT.
AND I THINK PEOPLE ARE
EXTREMELY DRIVEN AND
PASSIONATE ABOUT THEIR WORK.
OH, IT'S AMAZING IT'S
WORLD-CLASS.
YOU LOOK THE WORK SPEAKS FOR
IT IS AND WE FEED OFF EACH
OTHER.
NO ONE WANTS THE SAME SHOT
BUT YOU KNOW ONCE SOMEONE
DOES SOMETHING YOU KNOW KIND
OF RAISES THE LEVEL.
IT JUST REALLY EXPANDS
YOUR CREATIVE CONTEXT AND
CHALLENGES YOU TO DO MORE AS
AN ARTIST.
WELL, I THINK THAT
DETROIT IS IN ITS
RENAISSANCE TIME RIGHT NOW.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO PHOTOGRAPH
AND DOCUMENT THOSE CHANGES
AND ESPECIALLY THE PEOPLE
WHO ARE MAKING THOSE CHANGES
HAPPEN.
SO THE PEOPLE IN HERE ARE
ONE OF THE MOST GENEROUS
PEOPLE YOU MEET.
THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE
REALLY IT MAKES IT A SPECIAL
PLACE TO SHOOT.
I GET DIRECT MESSAGED A
LOT FROM PEOPLE FROM OUT OF
DETROIT COMING TO DETROIT
JUST BECAUSE OF LIKE THE
PICTURES I POST.
AND WHAT I FOUND IS THAT
THEY COME HERE FOR THE
PICTURES AND THEY COME BACK
FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT AND
THE PEOPLE.
IT'S A VERY PROUD ATMOSPHERE
IN DETROIT AND THAT'S
SOMETHING I'M VERY PROUD OF
ACTUALLY CAPTURING AND
SHOWING TO THE WORLD.
WOW.
JOINING US NOW ON "LIVE
IN THE D" IS TONY MICAH ALSO
KNOWN ON INSTAGRAM AS TONY
DETROIT.
HEY, IT'S GOOD TO SIGH.
Tati: THANK YOU FOR BEING
HERE.
Chuck: WHAT AWESOME WORK.
THANK YOU I APPRECIATE
IT.
Tati: HOW MANY FOLLOWERS
DO HAVE YOU NOW?
I THINK IT'S LIKE
385,000.
THAT'S INCREDIBLE STUFF.
YOU WERE WATCHING THESE
PICTURES GO BY KIND OF
LIVING VICARIOUSLY THROUGH
WATCHING THEM AGAIN.
YOU SAID WHAT PERCENTAGE OF
WHAT YOU SAW IS NO LONGER ON
YOUR INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT.
MY INSTAGRAM FEED IT'S
ABOUT 80% OF THE IMAGES OF
BUILDINGS ARE NO LONGER
THERE.
I DESCRIBE IT AS I DO
PHOTOGRAPHY OF BEFORE AND
AFTER PICTURES.
NOW I'M IN THE AFTER HOW THE
RESURGENCE OF DETROIT HAS
BEEN SO PROFOUND THAT I'VE
BEEN VERY HAPPY TO CAPTURE
THAT AS WELL.
Tati: SO NOW IT'S LIKE A
PIECE OF DOCUMENTARY --
DOCUMENTATION IT'S A PIECE
OF HISTORY THAT YOU HAVE
BEEN ABLE TO CREATE ON AN
INSTAGRAM FEED.
DID YOU THINK IT BOULD BE
LIKE THAT?
I NEVER.
DID I WAS ON VERY EARLY ON
INSTAGRAM WHEN THEY FIRST
STARTED I WAS ONE OF THE
FIRST SUGGESTED USERS.
AND AT ONE POINT WAS THE
SECOND MOST FOLLOWED.
THEN THE CELEBRITIES CAME
AND SLID DOWN THE LIST A
LITTLE BIT.
Chuck: HERE'S YOUR
INSTAGRAM PAGE NOW.
SEEING A LOT OF THE AFTER
PHOTOS.
Chuck: I THINK THERE ARE
PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING HERE
WHO TRULY NEED A SENSE --
REN SAUCE.
WHAT DO YOU SAY SAY YOU ARE
JUST TALKING ABOUT A
RENAISSANCE I'M NOT SURE
IT'S STILL REAL.
SO THAT I ANSWER WHEN I
FIRST MOVED BACK DOWN TO
BRUSH PARK AT THE CARLETON
IT'S A UNIT COMPLEX THAT HAS
100 LOFTS WHEN.
I FIRST MOVED THERE SIX
YEARS AGO THERE WAS THREE
TENANTS.
ME, A DOCTOR, AND ANDREW
HUMPHREY, THE WEATHER GUY WE
LIVED THERE.
US THREE.
THEN OVER PAST JUST OVER THE
PAST YEAR THAT BUILDING HAS
NOW COMPLETELY BOOKED WITH
ARTISTS, WRITER,
PHOTOGRAPHERS, PAINTERS
BRUSH PARK IS REALLY THE HUB
OF THE RESURGENCE BECAUSE
THAT'S WHERE THE ARTISTS
GATHER.
AND IT IS A VERY, VERY GOOD
RESURGENCE OF THE ARTISTS
AROUND THE CITY AS WELL.
IT SPREADS FROM BRUSH PARK.
Tati: VERY COOL.
NOW YOUR INSTAGRAMMIFIED IS
MAKING YOU SOME MONEY,
RIGHT?
OH, YEAH.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT.
Chuck: HOW DOES THAT WORK
THERE'S A BILLBOARD UP IN
DETROIT THAT YOU ARE
RESPONSIBLE FOR.
THERE'S 15.
SO I GOT A DIRECT MESSAGE
THROUGH INSTAGRAM THEY
WANTED ME TO BE APART OF THE
VISIONARY SERIES WHERE THEY
REACH OUT TO ARTISTS IN
DIFFERENT CITIES IN AMERICA
AND I WAS THE GUY THEY
REACHED OUT TO IN ZROIT.
AND THEY SAID WE'RE GOING TO
PUT 15 OF YOUR PICTURES ON
THESE BILLBOARDS FOR 1,800
TEQUILA.
IT WAS JUST A BIG THRILL
SEE
THE CITY THAT I LOVE SO
DEARLY.
YEAH, AND THEY WERE REALLY
NICE.
LET'S PUT THINK THE WAY
THERE WON'T BE ANY SHORTAGE
OF CHRISTMAS PRESENTS THIS
YEAR FOR MY FAMILY MEMBERS
FROM 1,800 TEQUILA.
I WILL GIVE ONE TO YOU, AND
GIVE ONE TO YOU.
1,800 SILVER.
Chuck: HAVE YOU TO BE
PROUD YOUR FAMILY AS WELL
THIS IS REALLY SETTING UP
FOR SOMETHING SPECIAL IN
YOUR FUTURE IT'S ALREADY
HAPPENING.
BUT TO SEE DETROIT IN THIS
LIGHT IS JUST GREAT.
ABSOLUTELY, YES, THANK
YOU.
Tati: NOW I'M A WANNA BE
INSTAGRAMMER WHAT ARE
SHOOTING ON LIKE AN I-PHONE?
IN THE BEGINNING I DID
iPHONE ONLY WIT
THAT'S GOT FOR A FEW BUCKS
FOR THOSE PEOPLE THAT DO
SHOOT WITH THE iPHONE I
RECOMMEND A FEW APPS THAT
ONE IS CALLED MIXTURES $1.99
YOU CAN CREATE YOUR OWN
FORMULAS AND SAVE THE FOR
MATS TO APPLY THEM TO YOUR
PICTURES.
ANOTHER ONE IS SNAP SEED
WHICH IS REALLY GOOD.
THEN I PROGRESSED TO A CANON
5 D MARK THREE WHICH IS NICE
CAMERA.
SO EDIT WITH THOSE I DO LIKE
LIGHT ROOM WHICH ORIGINALLY
YOU HAD TO PAY MONTHLY TO
USE THAT SERVICE NOW JUST
BUY AN OUTRIGHT FOR LIKE
$150 AND IT'S WORTH IT.
THE POINT OF WHAT YOU
JUST SAID WE CAN DO THIS.
YOU'RE ENCOURAGING US WE CAN
ALL GET OUT THERE WITH OUR
CAMERAS.
DOCUMENT IT.
DOCUMENT DETROIT YOU GOT TO
LOVE IT.