Frogtown: Photographs and Conversations in an Urban Neighborhood Book

Minnesota is my home state, and though I was born not far from Frogtown, my childhood was lived in the north metro suburbs. In many ways -- economically, culturally -- I lived a world apart. What I deeply appreciated about this book is the way it helped me to reunite these worlds into one place. This is a book about Minnesotans. It is made by a Minnesotan, who just happens to be an outstanding photographer, and, better yet, a great artist who shares his work in the communities that help him shape it.

Key passage: "A photograph can be as much a piece of fiction as it is a document of the real world--these realms are separate yet somehow complicitous. Indeed, the most compelling photographs shed light on reality in much the way good fiction does." (p. 6)