http://www.metafilter.com/tags/irwinnorling Posts tagged with 'irwinnorling' at MetaFilter. Fri, 21 Mar 2003 18:26:17 -0800 Fri, 21 Mar 2003 18:26:17 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/24519/Irwin%2DNorling%2Dthe%2DUnknown%2DPhotographer <a href="http://citypages.com/databank/24/1162/article11118.asp">Irwin Norling</a> of Bloomington, Minnesota was a more modest version of Man Ray – with his family in tow, he documented crime and accident scenes for the local police. (The photo gallery is probably <b>NSFW</b> and not safe for delicate stomachs.) He also prolifically documented everyday Bloomington life from the 1940s through the 1980s. <a href="http://citypages.com">City Pages</a> writer Brad Zellar (<a href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0113906/">weblog</a>) stumbled across Norling's photographic archives while visiting the historical society, tracked down the man himself, and wrote <a href="http://citypages.com/databank/24/1162/article11118.asp">this terrific article</a> ... unfortunately Norling passed away a month before its publication. tag:metafilter.com,2003:site.24519 Fri, 21 Mar 2003 18:26:17 -0800 1940s 1980s bloomington irwinnorling minnesota nsfw photographer weblog kmel