Street Focus 102: Streets of the World – Detroit with Andrew Shields

This week on this episode of Street Focus, we are going to Detroit, Michigan and Andrew Shields is your local guide for this new adventure!

Who is Andrew Shields?

A Metro Detroiter since I could crawl, I’ve always had an interest in the city. Trips to Tiger Stadium with my parents as a child, then live music with my now wife in the city’s small venues as a teen; Detroit remains a destination. Photography classes in my youth taught me the fundamentals and darkroom processing. As film transitioned to digital I took a break from shooting but when I learned that mirrorless systems allowed for adapting classic manual lenses to modern bodies my passion for photography was reignited. Today I shoot as often as possible, preferring candid street scenes with considered compositions over other photographic disciplines. When I’m not shooting you can find me hunting down the vintage lenses that I find at local thrift stores and estate sales which I use for all of my street photography.

Connect with Andrew here:

 www.instagram.com/ ashieldsphoto/

 www.shieldsportfolio.com

Detroit Links:

www.muralsinthemarket.com

www.dallyinthealley.com

www.easternmarket.com

www.thebelt.org

www.michigandnr.com/ parksandtrails/Details.aspx? id=736&type=SPRK

www.campusmartiuspark.org/

blog.visitdetroit.com/entry/ detroit-10-stunning-detroit- architecture.html

Areas of Interest: Downtown, Campus Martius , The Belt, Eastern Market, Corktown, The Riverwalk, New Center, The Cass Corridor / Wayne State Campus

Airport: www.metroairport.com/ 20 minutes from Downtown.

The Detroit Urbex special Street Focus episode

The Episode we mentioned with Mark Reierson