Gallery: LaToya Ruby Frazier's 12-Year Project Captures a Dying Town
LaToya Ruby Frazier01Grandma Ruby and Me, 2005
Grandma Ruby and Me, 2005
LaToya Ruby Frazier02Home on Braddock Avenue, 2007
Home on Braddock Avenue, 2007
LaToya Ruby Frazier03Momme, 2008
Momme, 2008
LaToya Ruby Frazier04Aunt Midgie and Grandma Ruby, 2007
Aunt Midgie and Grandma Ruby, 2007
LaToya Ruby Frazier05UPMC Global Corporation, 2011
UPMC Global Corporation, 2011
LaToya Ruby Frazier06Gramps on His Bed, 2003
Gramps on His Bed, 2003
LaToya Ruby Frazier07United States Steel Mon Valley Works Edgar Thomson Plant, 2013
United States Steel Mon Valley Works Edgar Thomson Plant, 2013
LaToya Ruby Frazier08Historic Braddock
1980s "Welcome to Historic Braddock" Signage and a Lightbulb, 2009.
LaToya Ruby Frazier09Me and Mom's Boyfriend, Mr. Art, 2005
Me and Mom's Boyfriend, Mr. Art, 2005
LaToya Ruby Frazier10U.S.S. Edgar Thomson Steel Works and Monongahela River, 2013
U.S.S. Edgar Thomson Steel Works and Monongahela River, 2013
LaToya Ruby Frazier11Huxtables, Mom, and Me, 2008
Huxtables, Mom and Me, 2008
LaToya Ruby Frazier12UPMC Braddock Hospital and Holland Avenue Parking Lot, 2011
UPMC Braddock Hospital and Holland Avenue Parking Lot, 2011
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