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Minnesota Faces: Layton Fossum
Portrait #3: Layton Fossum, the ultimate optimist Layton Fossum posed for me at the August 2010 Cancer Stroll. When I met Layton Fossum 4 ½ years ago at the American Cancer Society Straight River...
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Minnesota Faces: A pastor with prairie roots
Portrait #8: Pastor Gordon This week, the beginning of Lent and Christ’s journey toward crucifixion, seems an appropriate time to feature a portrait of a pastor. I met the Rev. Gordon Deuel several...
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Minnesota Faces: Friends
Portrait 9: Nimo and Nasteho Friends, Nimo, left, and Nasteho. “They assume I’m a terrorist.” I’ll always remember that statement shared with me 2 ½ years ago by a then high school senior who asked me...
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A mostly snowless Minnesota landscape
MILE AFTER MILE, westbound across Minnesota, the snow cover diminished. Near Madison Lake, Minnesota. Except for pockets of snow in the shade of trees or buildings, most yards lay bare, dormant grass...
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The poetry of black-and-white photography
THERE’S A CERTAIN TIMELESS beauty in black-and-white images. Monochrome equals zero distractions. Lack of color encourages study of light and shadows and patterns. The absence of hues calms the spirit...
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Minnesota Faces: Our newest immigrant families
Portrait #13: A boy with an unforgettably sweet face He represents the present and the future, the changing face of my Minnesota community, of many Minnesota communities. More and more, Somali and...
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Minnesota Faces: My husband
Portraits #21-23: Randy Randy relaxes at a family gathering in 2012. Thirty-three years ago today, I married this man. Randy. We have been through a lot together. Good times and challenging ones....
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Minnesota Faces: The musicians of Monroe Crossing
Portrait #30: Monroe Crossing Four of five Monroe Crossing musicians photographed during a 2013 performance at North Morristown. They’re in the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame. They’ve recorded 14 CDs to...
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Minnesota Faces: Camp counselors
Portrait #32: Counselors at Camp Omega, rural Waterville, Minnesota Camp Omega counselors at July Fourth North Morristown celebration. Minnesota Prairie Roots file photo 2013 They are the faces of...
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Minnesota Faces: Northfield historian
Portrait #39: Christian Hakala Christian Hakala talks about gang members involved in the Northfield bank raid, pictured to his left: Frank and Jesse James; Cole, Bob and Jim Younger; Clell Miller;...
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