PEOPLE & PLACES
A Leisurely Visit with Photographer Gary Firstenberg Here in Duluth
Bob Dylan’s roots as the draw for an intersection with history.
The world is full of interesting people and it just so happens that many of them are music fans. Of this set of people there is a subset that is additionally motivated to do more than listen to the music but to also make time to visit important places in the lives of people they appreciate and admire. For this reason, there’s a steady stream of people who visit the Northland to see the homes Bob Dylan grew up in and experience his early influences.
On Monday, noteworthy photographer Gary Firstenberg stopped at the Duluth home of Bob Dylan and as it turns out we quickly connected so I could share a few pointers on points of interest that are off the beaten trail. Firstenberg, an avid Dylan fan since Blood on the Tracks, has since collected and become intimately acquainted with all Dylan’s music over the years.
A professional photographer, his chief gig has been traveling extensively as official photographer for the internationally acclaimed “whale muralist”…
