A panoramic shot of a Hennepin Avenue display in the IDS Center’s Crystal Court. The interactive display is part of the Plan-It Hennepin initiative led by the Hennepin Theater Trust, Walker Art Center, Artspace and the City of Minneapolis. The model will be on display until June 7. (Photo by Sarah McKenzie)
A photo slideshow of Lakewood Cemetery. There will be tours this weekend of the cemetery’s architecture and new mausoleum. For more info, click here. (Photos by Drew Kerr)
A photo slideshow by Romy Ackerberg of the Artists in Storefronts project in the Whittier neighborhood.
Entries for our first SWJ photo contest. The theme: bikes. We’ll highlight our favorites in the May 14 print edition.
We’re launching a new photo contest and we’d love for you to participate! The theme for the first contest is bikes. Send us cycling-inspired photos. They must be shot somewhere in Minneapolis and taken in 2012. They can be taken with any type of camera. The deadline is April 30. We will be publishing winning photos in our print edition, on our website and Tumblr blog. Send photos to smckenzie@mnpubs.com.
It appears that as gas prices increased motorists began taking fewer trips, carpooling and using more public transportation.
wr3n:
This. 6 years ago, photography made me see my hometown in a whole new way. 4 years ago, after moving to Mpls, I can say the same about it. I rarely venture out without a camera.
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How Taking Photos Made Me Love My Adopted Hometown
Taking thousands of photos hasn’t made me learn the city any faster—if it takes 10 years to become a real New Yorker, as former mayor Ed Koch insists, it must require at least 15 to turn into an Angeleno, camera or not. But in a city full of secret worlds, my lens captures details I might have otherwise missed. Too often, people reserve photography for when they’re traveling—we don’t expect to be surprised in our own hometowns, whether we’ve lived there for one year or 30. But when I’ve got a camera in my hand, I can use that same spirit of exploration that guides a trip abroad to keep things exciting at home.
A photo slideshow of Tangletown turkeys. The shots were taken by Kristin Johnson and edited by Jodi Aasmundrud. Here’s a poem about the turkeys …
The Turkeys of Tangletown
by Kristin F. Johnson
The nine turkeys of Tangletown
Fly up with ease
To sleep high in branches
Of Wentworth’s trees.
By daylight, these birds
Wander the ‘hood.
They own the avenues;
It’s understood.
These fowl beasts
Are sometimes on Pleasant.
But you’ll only see turkeys
Never a pheasant.
The turkeys of Tangletown
Leave turkey tracks
Waddling through snow dunes
Looking for snacks.
Gobble.
Gobble.
Gobble.
If those nine birds
Trot down your street,
Know the turkeys of Tangletown
Are not to eat.
Why do these turkeys
Live in this ‘hood?
Is someone plumping birds
That they never should?
