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Hidehiro Otake, Photographer of the Northwoods
Hidehiro Otake first passed through Duluth in 1999, following a literal had-while-sleeping dream. He had been a college student and budding photographer living in Tokyo when he dreamt one night that he was in a cabin in an evergreen forest and outside was a wolf gazing back at him. (more…)
Selective Focus: Surfy, Smelty, Swirly PDDs
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Select photos from Instagram spanning mid-April to mid-May 2023, all hashtagged with the name of a certain website. #perfectduluthday (more…)
Selective Focus: Homegrown 2023 Recovery Beer Lunch
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Select Instagram images from the closing event of the Homegrown Music Festival — the Recovery Beer Lunch at Canal Park Brewing Company with the final three bands. (more…)
Selective Focus: Homegrown 2023 Roll Night
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Select Instagram images from day seven of the Homegrown Music Festival. (more…)
Selective Focus: Homegrown 2023: Rawk Night
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Select Instagram images from day six of the Homegrown Music Festival. (more…)
Selective Focus: Homegrown 2023 Soup Town Night
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Select Instagram images from day five of the Homegrown Music Festival. (more…)
Selective Focus: Homegrown 2023 Westside Wednesday
Select Instagram images from day four of the Homegrown Music Festival. (more…)
Selective Focus: Homegrown 2023 Canal Park Night
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Select Instagram images from day three of the Homegrown Music Festival. (more…)
Selective Focus: Homegrown 2023 Craft District Night
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Select Instagram images from day two of the Homegrown Music Festival. (more…)
Mystery Photo: Dr. Norman Vincent Peale
Due to adequate labeling on the back of this photo, there isn’t too much mystery. But then again, there’s always a little mystery in there somewhere. (more…)
Selective Focus: Homegrown 2023 Opening Ceremonies
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Select Instagram images from opening day of the Homegrown Music Festival. (more…)
Every Single Homegrown 1999 Photo Available
Members of Ballyhoo performing at the inaugural Homegrown Music Festival in 1999. (Photo courtesy Leon Rohrbaugh; photographer unknown)
On the eve of the 25th annual Homegrown Music Festival we take a look at every single locatable image from the first Homegrown in 1999. It was a few years before digital photography became a common thing, a few years before social media existed, and a few years before Homegrown became one of the most photographed events in Duluth. (more…)
Selective Focus: Snowy and Sloppy Spring PDDs
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Select photos from Instagram spanning mid-March to mid-April 2023, all hashtagged with the name of a certain website. #perfectduluthday (more…)
Duluth & Iron Range No. 3 at Two Harbors circa the 1940s
Duluth & Iron Range Railroad locomotive No. 3, known as “Three Spot,” was built 140 years ago, in 1883, by Philadelphia-based Baldwin Locomotive Works. It has been on display at the D&IR Depot in Two Harbors since 1923 — a solid century. This photo is estimated to be from the 1940s. (more…)
Giant Colossal Bob Dylan Statue Finalists
Location: The horizon, in the shipping lanes. Material: Reinforced treated concrete with steel superstructure. Height (above the waterline): 300 feet. Ships will have to navigate around this stunning monument.
The Committee for Building Giant Colossal Statues of Bob Dylan (formerly the Committee for Building a Giant Colossal Statue of Bob Dylan) is pleased to announce its 12 finalists! Thanks to a generous anonymous donation, ALL of the statues in this post will be built in the next five years. Thank you to our state regulators who approved this project, and congratulations, Duluth! (more…)
Selective Focus: The Green Monster of March
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Instagram is once again aglow with photos of the northern lights in and around Duluth. (more…)
Selective Focus: Wintery PDDs
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Select photos from Instagram spanning mid-February to mid-March 2023, all hashtagged with the name of a certain website. #perfectduluthday (more…)
Selective Focus: Having an icy PDD
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Select photos from Instagram spanning mid-January to mid-February 2023, all hashtagged with the name of a certain website. #perfectduluthday (more…)
Paddling the Pier
Photographer A. Hoppenyan of Noct Studium studio took this photo last night at sunset on Lake Superior next to the Duluth Shipping Canal. The identity of the person in the shot is unknown. Hoppenyan would like to get a print of the photo to the mystery paddle boarder, so give a shout if you can provide a clue.
Selective Focus: Having a PDD at the start of 2023
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Select photos from Instagram spanning the first days of 2023, all hashtagged with the name of a certain website. (more…)
Harry Welty raises the flag with latest snow sculpture
Harry Welty lit up his latest snow sculpture on Wednesday, an homage to Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal’s image of U.S. Marines raising the American flag on Iwo Jima on Feb. 23, 1945. You can read more about the famed photograph at pulitzer.org. If I were to hazard a guess, I’d say the artistic statement being made is that America has been through a difficult time, yet the country, its people and flag endure.
The sculpture is clearly visible driving up 21st Avenue East, at 2101 E. Fourth St. Welty spoke with Perfect Duluth Day in 2016 and KDLH-TV the next winter about his ephemeral artwork.