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'An act of resistance': Baltimore’s holdout homes
Ben Marcin’s stunning photographs show lone houses, derelict homes and makeshift camps that stand as epitaphs to past lives and offer insight into how Americans on the margins live
TL;DR
- The book 'The Holdouts' by photographer Ben Marcin showcases unique homes and homeless camps in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
- The subjects include surviving row houses, abandoned farmhouses, and temporary homeless camps.
- The title 'holdout' is a real-estate term for a property owner refusing to sell, but Marcin applies it to structures and camps that resist change or disappear.
- Marcin's photographs explore themes of home, time, history, memory, and marginalization.
- The work raises questions about whose stories are remembered and whose are forgotten.