Common Waters

Common Waters: A Story of Life Along the Red River of the North

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"These photographs, maybe because they are mainly taken at eye-level, from the ground - with a few exceptions such as the cityscapes taken from above - suggest a look by a person on the scene. We're reminded, in photos like the cover image and the frontispiece, of what it means to take a moment off, to look in a relaxed, extended way." Rob Silberman

Sample Photographs and captions

	Water main break - Moorhead, MN. The temperature in Fargo-Moorhead reached 39 degrees below zero on February 1, 1996 the coldest recorded temperature since 1880.
	Record snowfall amounts totaled 117 inches in Fargo-Moorhead in 1996-97, shattering the previous record of 89.1 inches set in 1993-94. Since 1880, annual snowfalls in Fargo-Moorhead have averaged 40 inches. In the last 20 years, snowfalls have averaged 51 inches, and in the last 5 years, snowfalls have averaged 77 inches.
	1518 Riverside Drive, Grand Forks. One of several "float homes" rumored to have been built from wood floated up the Red from Winnipeg, the Queen Anne-style house was actually built by Montreal native John L. Lewis in 1883 from wood cut in Minnesota.
	In 1977, the Red crested in Grand Forks at 54.1 feet (24.1 feet above flood stage), filling DeMers Avenue with water.

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Water main break - Moorhead, MN. The temperature in Fargo-Moorhead reached 39 degrees below zero on February 1, 1996 the coldest recorded temperature since 1880.

1518 Riverside Drive, Grand Forks. One of several "float homes" rumored to have been built from wood floated up the Red from Winnipeg, the Queen Anne-style house was actually built by Montreal native John L. Lewis in 1883 from wood cut in Minnesota.

In 1977, the Red crested in Grand Forks at 54.1 feet (24.1 feet above flood stage), filling DeMers Avenue with water.