Leighton Siegel photography, and historical projects |
| Artist statement - about my photography. |
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Images from the past 12 months |
Florida Dec 2009 - Mar 2010: Updated 3/9/2010
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Minnesota and Lake Superior |
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Superior North Shore - 2004 Lake Superior North Shore - 2005 Wabasha Minnesota winter - 2006 Southwest Minnesota - 2006 Lake Superior North Shore - 2006 Lake Superior North Shore and Canadian - 2007 |
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North America & Mexico |
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National Park - 2002 California Coast - 2004 Telluride Colorado - 2002-2005 California Mendocino Area- 2005 The Sort of Wild West - Dakotas, Montana, Wyoming - 2005 New Mexico - 2006 Florida Jan-Feb - 2007 Florida Jan-Mar - 2008 Florida Jan-Mar - 2009 San Francisco June - 2008 Alaskan waters July - 2008 New York MOMA November - 2008 Central Mexico December 2008 - January 2009 |
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Europe |
| Spain - 2002 Eastern Europe tour - 2003 Eastern Europe Judaic - 2003 Italy, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Slovenia & Paris - 2008 River Cruise - Vienna to Amsterdam September - 2008 |
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Asia, Africa & the Middle East |
| Israel from my black and white days - 1980 Southern Africa Namibia, Botswana, South Africa- 2006 South East Asia Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand- 2004 China and Tibet Mainland China, Tibet, Hong Kong - 2007, Share memories with travel companions. |
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Collected Images and Exhibits |
2001 to the summer of 2003 Film and digital photographs
To contact Leighton or order Pictures E-mail |
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Web site for the families of Dianne & Leighton Siegel |
Included are ancestors, descendents and relatives of these families: Of special interest are historical family records, stories and trees but there is much more.
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B'nai Abraham in Virginia, Minnesota |
Dianne and I are involved in a project to restore B'nai Abraham, a beautiful, but deteriorating and abandoned, historic building, in Virginia, Minnesota that was once a synagogue. It will be for community cultural activities, exhibits and to house a small museum documenting the history of Jewish settlement on the Iron Range. It is the only synagogue building in Minnesota to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The project is remarkably interesting and worthy of support. You can learn more at www.IronRangeJewishHeritage.org |
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Dedication of Sons of Jacob Cemetery
and Monument Honoring
Jewish Homesteaders in North Dakota |
The Garske Colony near Devils Lake, North Dakota was settled by Jewish pioneers beginning in 1883. A dedication took place at the Sons of Jacob Cemetery and Monument Honoring the original Jewish homesteaders near Devils Lake, North Dakota on September 17, 2006. Dianne's great-grandparents, grandparents and parents came from there & she I worked with others to bring the dedication about. North Dakota Dedication |
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I have been the webmaster for TRACES for a number of years. TRACES is a non-profit educational organization created to gather, preserve and present stories of people from the Midwest and Germany or Austria who encountered each other during World War II. After a number of years, it's St. Paul museum closed on November 28th, 2008. TRACES was transformed into a number of mobile BUSeum exhibits. TRACES "Green" is also working for the future to to protect nature and a sustainable arable land in Iowa as a setting for diverse learning opportunities. |
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Sons of Jacob cemetery project in St. Paul, Minnesota |
This is a prototype of what, hopefully, will become comprehensive documentation of this historic cemetery in St. Paul, Minnesota. The project is a labor of love undertaken by Bill Rosenbloom. My part is the creation of this example web presence. The cemetery is maintained by Beth Jacob Congregation. The project, and it's web presence, is eventually destined to be transferred to the Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest. For more information contact Bill Rosenbloom at bill@airlineposters.com. |