LaToya Ruby Frazier Photographs: 'A Haunted Capital' Captures Family Life In A Forgotten Industrial Town (PHOTOS)

LaToya Ruby Frazier has fierce ties to her roots. The artist grew up in Braddock, Pennsylvania -- the site of one of America's first steel mills.

In a new show at the Brooklyn Museum, "A Haunted Capital," Frazier's photographs of Braddock display a town left in the dust after the advent of the digital age. The black-and-white images, which were actually taken within the last 10 year, look as if they are decades old. Yet the striking photographs breathe life back into the abandoned town, bringing a spotlight to the real faces and homes of the contemporary town.

You might remember Frazier's work from 2010, when she and Liz Magic Laser -- the artist who designed subversive branding for the Armory Show this year -- protested a Levi's ad campaign that described Braddock as "the new frontier" by furiously rubbing their bodies on the sidewalk in front of a Levi's pop-up shop while wearing jeans.

Scroll through the slideshow below to see some of Frazier's photographs of Braddock, and tell us what you think of the haunting images in the comments.

"A Haunted Capital" runs from March 22 - August 11 at the Brooklyn Museum.

• Momme Portrait Series (Shadow) LaToya Ruby Frazier, American, born 1982 7/8 2008 Gelatin silver photograph Mount: 24 x 28 in. (61 x 71.1 cm) Sheet: 15 1/2 x 19 1/2 in. (39.4 x 49.5 cm) Emily Winthrop Miles Fund

• U.P.M.C. Braddock Hospital and Holland Avenue Parking Lot, 2011 LaToya Ruby Frazier, American, born 1982 Gelatin silver photograph mounted on board: 20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 61 cm) framed: 24 x 28 in. (61 x 71.1 cm)

• Grandma Ruby and U.P.M.C. Braddock Hospital on Braddock Avenue, 2007 LaToya Ruby Frazier, American, born 1982 Gelatin silver photograph mounted on board: 20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 61 cm) framed: 24 x 28 in. (61 x 71.1 cm)

• Mom's Friend Mr. Yerby, 2005 LaToya Ruby Frazier, American, born 1982 Gelatin silver photograph mounted on board: 20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 61 cm) framed: 24 x 28 in. (61 x 71.1 cm)

• The Bottom, 2009 LaToya Ruby Frazier, American, born 1982 Gelatin silver photograph mounted on board: 20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 61 cm) framed: 24 x 28 in. (61 x 71.1 cm)

• Mom's American Cheeseburger, 2005 LaToya Ruby Frazier, American, born 1982 Gelatin silver photograph mounted on board: 20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 61 cm) framed: 24 x 28 in. (61 x 71.1 cm)

• Grandma Ruby Holding Her Babies, 2002 LaToya Ruby Frazier, American, born 1982 Gelatin silver photograph mounted on board: 20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 61 cm) framed: 24 x 28 in. (61 x 71.1 cm)

• Aunt Midgie and Grandma Ruby, 2007 LaToya Ruby Frazier, American, born 1982 Gelatin silver photograph mounted on board: 20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 61 cm) framed: 24 x 28 in. (61 x 71.1 cm)

• Grandma Ruby and Me, 2005 LaToya Ruby Frazier (American, b. 1982). Gelatin silver photograph, 15 1/2 x 18 1/2 in. (39.4 x 47 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Emily Winthrop Miles Fund, 2011.63.1. ? LaToya Ruby Frazier. Photo by LaToya Ruby Frazier

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