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Photographer Ben Marcin Releases The Holdouts Debut Photobook

8/17/2026

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Photographer Ben Marcin released his debut photobook *The Holdouts* with Gost, the title referring to a real-estate holdout, documenting abandoned homes.
The book shows Baltimore row houses and deserted Eastern Shore farmhouses surviving demolition.
It also captures temporary Baltimore homeless camps, omitting people from the images.
Marcin found sites while hiking or at the roadside, added land to show isolation, and said properties symbolize resistance despite not being true holdouts.

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Photographer Ben Marcin released his debut photobook *The Holdouts* with Gost, the title referring to a real-estate holdout, documenting abandoned homes.
The book shows Baltimore row houses and deserted Eastern Shore farmhouses surviving demolition.
It also captures temporary Baltimore homeless camps, omitting people from the images.
Marcin found sites while hiking or at the roadside, added land to show isolation, and said properties symbolize resistance despite not being true holdouts.