This bemused devil with heavy eyelids was the only thing watching me at a house in North Minneapolis. He was in the dark, sitting on a dresser amid a room filled with soiled mattresses and garbage. Only my Rebel 90 … Continue reading
This paper was on a rec room floor at a clean suburban home. These homes are great to work in, but not as much fun to photograph. I guess I just love garbage too much. Still, the garage had this … Continue reading
View Larger Map I was browsing the data in an article called “25 Most Dangerous Neighborhoods,” and found it to be lacking. The data and maps are nice, but I wanted an actual visual of what these places look like. … Continue reading
I made a new friend in garbage. Last Friday, I took a faithful reader and blogger extraordinaire from the 365 Music Project to a possible excessive in south Minneapolis. B., who runs the blog, is a fan of all things … Continue reading
The bathroom counter was littered with the standard debris: cleaning products, crusty towels, a brush, Listerine, a razor. I’ve been noticing toothbrushes lately (you’ll find some here and here), and next to the mouth-scouring brush was this ashtray full of … Continue reading
This neatness-imploring squirrel hung on this wall. His view seemed to mock his message:
From the outside, this home was perfectly nondescript. It was a 1920s-era dwelling erected in a working-class part of the city, one of those neighborhoods that has slowly slipped from proud to modest to struggling to decayed. From the curb, … Continue reading
Jim Kurash, one of our Regional Operations Managers, was called to a home today to investigate a possible squatter. He found this guy, whom he named “Butternut.” We would love to find Butternut a good home, but we can’t keep … Continue reading
The countertop was strewn with risperidone, an anti-psychotic medication. Unsigned credit cards waited on a windowsill for someone to test the limits of their strained credit. I know what style of clothes they wear, and that they owned Thelma and … Continue reading
It’s not always pure filth. This home in St. Paul was quite clean, and only had a few things left behind. The bathroom caught my eye because it looks like someone started to clean it and then gave up. The … Continue reading
