US FILM
"STAR WARS."
>> Kim: ARE YOU STILL A GEEK?
>> Jason: YES.
>> Kim: OUR PHOTOJOURNALIST ALEX
ATWELL INTRODUCED US TO OUR
DETROIT.
>> NO MATTER WHERE I AM, I'M
USUALLY FIND THEM.
>> THE THING I WOULD SAY ABOUT
BILL IS THAT HE LOVED
PHOTOGRAPHY.
>> WHAT MAKES A PHOTOGRAPHER?
PHOTOGRAPH.
>> ALL OF BILL'S PHOTOS ARE
COMPLETELY UNFILTERED.
THEY'RE JUST RAW.
>> I WISH I COULD BE OUT THERE
CONSTANTLY PHOTOGRAPHING.
DETROIT.
>> THE STORIES ARE IMPORTANT AND
EXPLAIN THE ENTIRE HISTORY OF
THE CITY.
>> THIS IS A MAN WHOSE CAREER
PHOTOGRAPHY.
TELLS A STORY.
AND HE HAS CAPTURED TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF STORIES.
WALKING.
AND I NEED A LITTLE PUSH WHEN IT
COMES TO THE WALKER.
>> HE'S ACTUALLY ONE OF MY BEST
FRIEND
WE HAVE A 72-YEAR AGE
DIFFERENCE.
>> SHE WAS ABLE TO HELP HIM
WAYS.
>> SHE'S A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN AND
TELLS ME WHAT SHE'S DOING.
AND IF I WERE 40 YEARS YOUNGER,
I WOULD BE AT HER DOORSTEP
TRYING TO GET MARRIED.
LET YOUR HAIR FLOW A LITTLE BIT.
I'M HAPPY THAT I COULD
PROVIDE HIM THE OPPORTUNITY TO
KEEP WORKING AND HE COULD KEEP
HE DID.
>> WHEN YOU SEE SOMETHING ON THE
STREET, YOU INSTANTLY KNOW IT'S
A GOODSHOT.
YOU JUST TAKE IT A SURE
ENOUGH, IT'S A GOOD SHOT.
>> ON THE LAST SHOOT WE DID, HE
TOOK THE LAST PHOTO.
>> OKAY, GREAT, THAT WILL DO IT.
IT.
AND THEN HE WENT.
I MEAN HE LITERALLY TOOK
PICTURES UNTIL THE VERY LAST
MINUTES OF HIS LIFE.
AND WHAT A LIFE!
>> THANK YOU.
YEAH, THANK YO FOR EVERYTHING.
HE WAS A GREAT TEACHER.
IT'S NOT JUST THOSE OF US THAT
HE TAUGHT, IT'S THE PHOTOGRAPHS
THAT HE'S LEFT FOR EVERYONE,
THAT'S THE REAL GIFT.
SO WE WERE LUCKY WE HAD THOSE.
>> Jason: JOINING US NOW, FROM
BEING HERE TODAY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Jason: WHEN YOU SEE THAT,
YOU?
>> WELL, WE -- IT'S AMAZING THAT
THE LAST DAY OF HIS LIFE WAS
FILMED BY YOU GUYS.
WE DOCUMENTED OUR ENTIRE NORMAL
ROUTINE FOR THE LAST PROJECT
THAT HE DID.
WE -- I MEAN IT'S AMAZING!
HIS LIFE WAS INCREDIBLE!
SECOND.
HE LOVED PHOTOGRAPHY SO MUCH.
>> Jason: YOU NEVER WORK A DAY
IN YOUR LIFE IF YOU DO SOMETHING
YOU LOVE.
>> AND IF YOU WERE TO PLAN AN
EXIT, YOU COULDN'T PLAN IT ANY
BETTER THAN THAT.
>> Jason: GALLERY IS SHOWCASING
HIS WORK.
> WE HAVE AN EXHIBITION COMING
UP, LIVE THROUGH THE LENS, AT
HILL GALLERY.
IT OPENS THIS THURSDAY ON
SEPTEMBER 14th FROM 5:00 UNTIL
8:00 P.M.
IT WIL EXHIBIT EXCEPTION AT
MOMENTS IN TIME THAT HE TOOK
FROM THE '50s, '60s, '70s, AND
'80s.
AND THEN A SECOND EXHIBITION AT
COLLEGE FOR CREATIVE STUDI AT
15th.
AND IT ILLUSTRATES THE WORK --
THE PHOTOGRAPHS HE TOOK OF
CINNAMON THE LAST COUPLE YEARS.
AND THE WORK HE DID WITH YOU WAS
UNIQUE.
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT IT?
>> YEAH.
WE MET IN 2014, AND WE JUST
REALLY CLICKED AND DECIDED TO DO
A SERIES TOGETHER.
BUT WE DIDN'T REALLY THINK IT
WOULD BECOME THIS HUGE THING
THAT IT HAS BECOME.
WE WENT TO OVER 100 LOCATIONS
AROUND THE CITY.
ALL OF HIS FAVORITE PLACES HE
HAD WONDERFUL MEMORIES WITH HIS
FAMILY AND HIS WIFE.
I JUST TOOK HIM BACK TO BELLE
ISLE AND THE WHITNEY AND WE WENT
ALL OVER.
AN HE WAS STILL PHOTOGRAPHING
IT WAS INCREDIBLE!
I FEEL REALLY, REALLY LUCKY THAT
I GOT TO TAKE HIM AROUND AND
KEEP HIM BUSY, KEEP HIM WORKING.
PHOTOGRAPHS FOREVER.
>> IT'S A WONDERFUL LEGACY HE
LEFT BEHIND, ARE THESE IMAGES OF
DETROIT THA ARE JUST
EXCEPTIONAL, EXCEPTIONAL.
>> Jason: A GOOD WAY TO PUT IT.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
>> Kim: WE MET 15 YEARS AGO.
SHE JUST WALKED INTO THE STUDIO.
HELLO!
SO GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> YOU, TOO.
>> YES, WE DID.