A couple days after Michael Jackson died I headed out to his hometown Gary, Indiana. I spent the day photographing his neighbors and strangers who all came out to pay their respects to the King of Pop. The summer day was humid and sunny. There was a lot of action on Jackson Street. Michael Jackson's childhood home was decorated in MJ memorabilia, stuffed teddy bears, roses and trinkets. Although Michael Jackson was dead it seemed as though Jackson street would always remain vivacious in his memory.

In the winter of 2010, exactly six months after his death, I took a trip back out to the Jackson family home. The weather was dreary and cold. His home was bare and a new addition of metal shutters had been applied to every single window. An iron gate had been erected around the property and not a soul was to be found.