It’s no mystery to me why I find beauty in the industrial relics of southeast Minneapolis.
I grew up on my dad’s photographs. A chemical engineer and a serious amateur photographer, he loved to shoot pictures of rusty valves, pipes and the decrepit interiors of abandoned flour mills.
Here’s to my dad, Walter Monson Westberg, 1921 – 2011, and to the powerful influence he had on me.
North Shore Grain Elevators. Photo by Walter Westberg
Electric Steel Elevator. Photo by Lisa Peters
Pressure Vessel. Photo by Walter Westberg
St. Anthony Falls Laboratory Valve. Photo by Lisa Peters
Mill Stairs. Photo by Walter Westberg
Pillsbury A Mill Window. Photo by Lisa Peters
St. Paul Skyline. Photo by Walter Westberg
Minneapolis Skyline. Photo by Lisa Peters
Self-portrait. Photo by Walter Westberg
Lisa. Photo by Walter Westberg
These are wonderful, Lisa. Thanks so much for sharing them. A wonderful tribute to what sounded like a wonderful man.
Thanks, everyone.
Quintessential Walt – Reflections in Lisa.
Awesome pictures by both!
Lisa, these are wonderful. What a great tribute to your dad….and to you. Keep this up!
I have never seen these that he took. I bet you could find even more similarities!
Very fitting tribute, Lisa. Thanks for sharing this father-daughter collection.
Lovely.