Great Northern Building - Devils Lake, North Dakota Acrylic Print

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Great Northern Building - Devils Lake, ND
I've always admired this grand old triangular brick building located near the train depot in Devils Lake, and finally took a few moments to photograph it when I was in town. The building is somewhat reminiscent of the (much taller) "Flatiron Building" in New York City. I waited for a while to shoot, so the two pedestrians were at an appropriate spot to give a human element and sense of scale to the building. Also note the birds (seagulls, I think) above building to left. Originally built in 1909, it was formerly the Great Northern Hotel. According to one source, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry Truman addressed crowds from the balcony at the south side of the building! The building was renovated in 1980 into residential apartments and business offices.

Image captured 7/6/22 in the infrared spectrum (>720nm) with a modified Pentax K3.

Peter Herman was born and raised on a farm in North Dakota. He first became interested in photography during high-school, and after acquiring a Pentax SLR, began taking photos for the school yearbook and developing/printing B&W images in school darkroom. He continued shooting through college, taking portraits, group pictures, weddings, but after beginning his engineering career at Cummins, he let his photography interests go dormant until about 2005 when he acquired his first DSLR and started shooting scenic landscapes from around the US, but concentrating especially on rural areas in ND and WI. Many of his images were encountered while riding motorcycle down random backroads during "golden hour", searching for that magic light...