Having never had any formal photography training, I used to spend hours poring over the photography magazines, trying to extract every last piece of information from them, in search of some elusive "secret" to becoming a successful photographer. One of the magazines that I always spent time with was American Photo and I was really pleased to be contacted by them about running some of my work from the Detroit schools.
Over the course of a few weeks, writer Eric Rudolph and I spoke a half dozen times about what brought me to Detroit and the experience of being in these schools for the single day I spent shooting this. I owe him a big thanks for making the excerpts of these conversations sound coherent and was happy about seeing my name on the cover next to one of my photographic heroes. 
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Mr. Voss, these photos and the article around them are astounding. I am somewhat new to photography but extremely passionate about it. I am searching for a sense of direction to take my photography and your work is truly very inspiring. Thank you.
Thanks for showing this. I am from the actual city of Detroit, and I see this everyday. It's not like any other city. I read a recent article that said all the abandoned land in the city of Detroit is great than ALL OF BOSTON! You can't find a single spot in the city with five houses or five buildings in a row without one being torched, missing or for sale.