James R. Dean, Photographer: Back Cover, 2004 Calendar

2004 Calendar

Senior Photo
WHS Class of '66
by G.E. McCreary Studio

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Cover

Observations
This morning the room was chilly. The radio had played all night. As I was coming out of my slumber I heard about the below zero weather followed by Bob Edwards asking for money. Some fiddling with the dial found Jim Ed doing the same. Finally the student station came into focus. It was playing some simplistic new tunes, measuredly off key but not over orchestrated. The bed was so warm I didn’t want to move. I was transported back to a similar morning during my college days, to my room on North University Drive, to a time when music was part of every day and architecture was still a hopeful thing to do. It felt good.
February 28, 2001

I’m getting tired of thinking about what I’m thinking about.
January 12, 2003

Yesterday I was stopped at a light in St. Cloud. There's this dude next to me with a small urban pickup truck that's good for carrying a small load of wash. He's purchased some building materials too big to fit in the box, so he's got these two shrink wrapped boards resting on the top of the tailgate and stuck through the little vent window in the back of the cab. He's hanging onto them and trying to turn and drive and not freeze on the way to his beige urban starter castle. Good lord. Shrink wrapped boards and a razor cut hairdo. I'd like to see what he comes up with once all the parts are assembled. My guess is that he is trying to establish some sort of tradition for his kids not thinking that maybe he left it behind in the succession of moves he's made over the past decade. But of course all of this is just pure speculation and fantasy on my part and probably not embedded in the reality of the situation at all. The temperature is dropping and I have to split some firewood. That is a real deal.
February 20, 2001

Loku
“This is a neat place.
It must be fun being an artist.
Come, dance for us over here.
No, no, not there!
Here!”
July 26, 2000

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Individual archival Gallery Prints of the photographs in this calendar are available upon request. Contact James R. Dean at 17010 Norman Road, Avon, MN 56310 or go to the order page for prices and ordering information.

Biography:

James R. Dean was born on the 3rd of April, 1948 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He graduated from the high school in Willmar, Minnesota in 1966, obtained a Bachelor of Architecture Degree from North Dakota State University in 1971 and became a Registered Architect in 1976. He has worked as an architect in Fargo and Bismarck, North Dakota, and St. Paul and Avon, Minnesota. He was a photographer for the Dakota Photo Documentary Project during 1976, and a freelancer thereafter. Discounting numerous hotels, motels and floors of friends, he has lived in one house in St. Louis Park, Minnesota; three houses in Willmar, Minnesota; one dormitory and one fraternity house at NDSU; one tent in Europe; two apartments in Moorhead Minnesota; two apartments in Fargo, North Dakota; one VW bus in Europe and northern Africa; one apartment in Fargo, North Dakota; three apartments in Bismarck, North Dakota; two apartments in St. Paul, Minnesota; and one rented cabin in rural Stearns County, Minnesota. He has been arrested twice and married once. He currently lives in and works out of a house he designed and helped build for himself, located just one mile off Interstate 94, in central Minnesota.

Mr. Dean specializes in non-fictional, black and white photographs of people, places and things.

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	Observations This morning the room was chilly. The radio had played all night. As I was coming out of my slumber I heard about the below zero weather followed by Bob Edwards asking for money. Some fiddling with the dial found Jim Ed doing the same. Finally the student station came into focus. It was playing some simplistic new tunes, measuredly off key but not over orchestrated. The bed was so warm I didn’t want to move. I was transported back to a similar morning during my college days, to my room on North University Drive, to a time when music was part of every day and architecture was still a hopeful thing to do. It felt good. February 28, 2001 I’m getting tired of thinking about what I’m thinking about. January 12, 2003 Yesterday I was stopped at a light in St. Cloud. There's this dude next to me with a small urban pickup truck that's good for carrying a small load of wash. He's purchased some building materials too big to fit in the box, so he's got these two shrink wrapped boards resting on the top of the tailgate and stuck through the little vent window in the back of the cab. He's hanging onto them and trying to turn and drive and not freeze on the way to his beige urban starter castle. Good lord. Shrink wrapped boards and a razor cut hairdo. I'd like to see what he comes up with once all the parts are assembled. My guess is that he is trying to establish some sort of tradition for his kids not thinking that maybe he left it behind in the succession of moves he's made over the past decade. But of course all of this is just pure speculation and fantasy on my part and probably not embedded in the reality of the situation at all. The temperature is dropping and I have to split some firewood. That is a real deal. February 20, 2001 Loku “This is a neat place. It must be fun being an artist. Come, dance for us over here. No, no, not there! Here!” July 26, 2000 Ordering Info: Individual archival Gallery Prints of the photographs in this calendar are available upon request. Contact James R. Dean at 17010 Norman Road, Avon, MN 56310 or go to the order page for prices and ordering information. Biography: James R. Dean was born on the 3rd of April, 1948 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He graduated from the high school in Willmar, Minnesota in 1966, obtained a Bachelor of Architecture Degree from North Dakota State University in 1971 and became a Registered Architect in 1976. He has worked as an architect in Fargo and Bismarck, North Dakota, and St. Paul and Avon, Minnesota. He was a photographer for the Dakota Photo Documentary Project during 1976, and a freelancer thereafter. Discounting numerous hotels, motels and floors of friends, he has lived in one house in St. Louis Park, Minnesota; three houses in Willmar, Minnesota; one dormitory and one fraternity house at NDSU; one tent in Europe; two apartments in Moorhead Minnesota; two apartments in Fargo, North Dakota; one VW bus in Europe and northern Africa; one apartment in Fargo, North Dakota; three apartments in Bismarck, North Dakota; two apartments in St. Paul, Minnesota; and one rented cabin in rural Stearns County, Minnesota. He has been arrested twice and married once. He currently lives in and works out of a house he designed and helped build for himself, located just one mile off Interstate 94, in central Minnesota. Mr. Dean specializes in non-fictional, black and white photographs of people, places and things.

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