Shae McCoy photographed vacant homes and abandoned buildings--capturing their brokenness in vivid color and compiling them into the new book, "West Baltimore Ruins." The book is a time capsule that preserves these buildings before they’re torn down or replaced. What will survive? What will Baltimore lose?

Follow this project on Instagram at west_baltimore_ruins. Check out the virtual exhibit at the UMBC's Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery. Read the BmoreArt interview with McCoy.

<a href="https://www.shaemccoyphotography.com/">Shae McCoy</a>&nbsp;photographed vacant homes and abandoned buildings--capturing their brokenness in vivid color and compiling them into the new book, "West Baltimore Ruins." The book is a time capsule that preserves these buildings before they&rsquo;re torn down or replaced. What will survive? What will Baltimore lose?
Follow this project on Instagram at&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/west_baltimore_ruins/">west_baltimore_ruins</a>. Check out the&nbsp;<a href="https://librarygallery.umbc.edu/shae-mccoy-west-baltimore-ruins/">virtual exhibit</a>&nbsp;at the UMBC's Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery. Read the BmoreArt&nbsp;<a href="https://bmoreart.com/2021/03/see-west-baltimore-right-with-shae-mccoy.html">interview&nbsp;</a>with McCoy.

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