Photographer Jeff Morrison sets his sights on Detroit's 'guardians'

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For many years, Jeff Morrison preferred to shoot nature photography and architecture. Eventually, he found he could use his telephoto lens to shoot another type of creature — the many sculptures and gargoyles of Detroit's buildings.

"It's a little easier to get the shot," he jokes.

As Morrison began exploring Detroit's architecture, setting his sights high above the city streets to the sculptural ornamentation of its skyscrapers, an entire world of colorful characters opened up to him. Morrison calls them Detroit's "silent guardians," and the photos and his research are collected in Guardians of Detroit: Architectural Sculpture in the Motor City, which Morrison will celebrate with a release party at the Detroit Public Library on Saturday.

"It's really easy to walk by without seeing them," Morrison says. "I've done a few tours with some friends and people that have spent a lot of time in Detroit, and they're like, 'Wow, I've walked past this a million times and never seen it before.'"

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