Compiled by William Burg, Tim Foster, Becky Grunewald, Guphy Gustafson, Niki Kangas and Liv Moe
While Bobby Burns was the ultimate Midtown character, there are still plenty of folks who contribute to the quirky nature of Midtown in unique and myriad ways. What exactly makes someone a ‘character’? We never did figure that out, but we did come up with a list of quintessential Midtowners who do what they do while marching to the beat of their own drummer. Read more »
Yup.
Doug Biggert got a big ole write up in the brand new issue of Vice magazine and they quoted our March ’08 article on Biggie. Can you say ‘world class city’?
The article, by noted curator Bob Nickas, examines Biggert’s Hitch Hiker work (or ‘pictures’ as Biggert insists), most of which is currently on display in Biggert’s show at the Verge Gallery and Studio Project. Nickas stumbled across Biggert’s Hitch-Hikers book in Europe and tracked the Midtown photographer down through his Parisian publisher. The article is part of Vice‘s annual Photo Issue, a behemoth issue of Vice that’s a strictly Limited Edition Collector’s Item Classic. 
Good luck finding a copy if you don’t already have a subscription. Notoriously difficult to find, Vice is distributed (for free) only at cooler-than-thou boutiques, galleries, etc (Artifacts is the only place we know of that has it in town) and the Photo Issue is usually gone about ten seconds after the box is opened. And, ten minutes later you’ll find it for sale on Ebay for way more than you wanted to pay.
Congrats DB!