Duluth MN Photos and Photography from Perfect Duluth Day

Port Huron to Home: Bryan Hansel’s 800-mile kayak adventure photography exhibit and presentation

Jul 26, 2011 1 Comment

Bryan Bryan Hansel

During the spring and early summer of 2011, Bryan Hansel kayaked from Port Huron, Michigan to Grand Marais, Minnesota. His journey took 45 days, and he covered 800 miles. On the trip, he traversed the two largest Great Lakes, averaged 22 miles a day, paddled in waves taller than a refrigerator, visited Isle Royale and even ordered pizza delivered to his tent. Bryan will exhibit print and digital images from his experience and talk about his adventures. You don’t want to miss this! Hansel’s prints from the trek will also be on exhibit starting in early August!

Art, Events, Outdoors, Photos

Superior Hiking Trail – Top Ten Spots

Jul 23, 2011 11 Comments

Below is a nice video by http://superior-hiking-trail.com showing 10 spots along the Superior hiking trial they enjoyed the best. Learn more about the Superior Hiking Trial –www.shta.org

What are some of your favorite spots along the North Shore of Lake Superior (a.k.a Big Sexy)?

One of mine is the Kadunce River falls, the only way to access the base of either falls is to hike up river into the canyon.

Outdoors, Photos, Videos Superior Hiking Trail

Businesses of Duluth

Jul 22, 2011 8 Comments

UMD Library’s Northeast Minnesota Historical Center recently contributed 493 images of Duluth businesses to the Minnesota Digital Library. This is a great collection of images, selected by NEMHC curator Pat Maus. These images add to the over 2000 photographs, documents, and maps from the Center already in the Digital Library.

History, Photos

Lightning

Jul 19, 2011 12 Comments

Hattie took this photo on Park Point during the storm last Sunday night.

Photos

Duluth Tall Ships / Music and Maritime Festival 2011 Photos

Jul 17, 2011 9 Comments

I went on a little paddle Saturday afternoon to see if I could track down any of those “tall” ships.

I found a couple and I can confirm they are tall.

News and Current Affairs, Outdoors, Photos Tall Ships

Fishing on the Knife River, Spring 1962

Jul 16, 2011 2 Comments

From the Cliff’s Barber Shop Collection.

History, Photos Cliff's Barber Shop Collection, Fish and Fishing, Knife River

Duluth Schools Construction Tour

Jul 12, 2011 11 Comments

Duluth Public Schools just released a 53-page PDF (which takes a moment to load) titled “Duluth’s 21st Century Public Schools: Construction Tour, July 2011.” It includes updated construction photos of the district’s three new and six updated schools. Here’s a brief gallery for those too lazy to take on 53 pages.

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Twin Ports Bridge Festival 2011 Photos

Jul 10, 2011 2 Comments

Michael Franti and Spearhead put on quite the jubilant performance during the Twin Ports Bridge Festival at Bayfront Park. Cheers to organizer Shane Bauer; this was a great event.

Music, Photos Twin Ports Bridge Festival

Cliff’s Barber Shop and Photos from the Clifford E. Johnson collection

Jul 09, 2011 23 Comments

You may have noticed that Cliff’s Barber Shop in West Duluth is for sale. The proprietor, Clifford E. Johnson, died two years ago. I took the photo above in April, when Cliff’s shop was being cleared out after an estate sale.

At the estate sale were boxes upon boxes of old slides. Most of them were of vacations to Hawaii and so on, but I found two boxes that had some local images, so I plopped down $10 and brought them home for a slide show. The fine folks at Swim Creative have scanned a few of them for me to share on PDD.

History, Photos, R.I.P. Barber Shops / Hair Salons / Cosmetology, Cliff's Barber Shop, Cliff's Barber Shop Collection, Clifford E. Johnson

West Duluth Graffiti Art

Jul 07, 2011 5 Comments

Photos Graffiti

R.I.P. Lester Park Elementary

Jul 06, 2011 26 Comments

A few snapshots from today’s demolition. I’m not sure how far they got, I could only stay about 15 minutes.

Photos, R.I.P. Duluth Public Schools

Perfect Duluth Night

Jul 06, 2011 3 Comments

Soak it in, people.

Photos

Testing WordPress Twitter Feed 1..2..3

Jul 04, 2011 6 Comments

Need to test the Twitter feed… I hope it works. Follow PDD on Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/PerfectDuluth

Here are some Fourth Weekend North Shore photos to make the test worthwhile.

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Bound: A Photography Exhibit

Jun 27, 2011 42 Comments

Bound: by Justin Sinks

Justin Sinks’ latest project was 2 years in the making. Bound is a study of shadow and contrast. He chose bondage because of the beauty and the juxtaposition of tough, fibrous ropes tight against smooth, fragile skin. He used black and white to enhance lines and patterns of rope created against the human body and to eliminate distractions present in color images. Please note this exhibit does contain material some might find objectionable and may not be suited for a younger audience.

The Duluth Photography Institute will be having a free public reception of these images at the DPI facility, 405 E. Superior St., Duluth on Friday, July 1 from 5-8 pm. This event is free and open to the public. Snacks and refreshments will be served.

For more information on Sinks, go to his Facebook page. For more information about the DPI project and to become a member, please visit duluthphotographyinstitute.com or call Brian at 218-393-2468.

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