Up North! The Traverse City Blog

Remembering Heidi Johnson, originally uploaded by mstephens7.

I knew her first by her photos of Building 50. We met years ago when she was setting up a showing at Borders in TC. We met again a year later at Building 50. She escorted us on a brief photo tour of the basements and upper floors of the building. Over the next couple of years, I enjoyed meeting up with her and chatting about Building 50, etc.

I am glad to have taken a photo of her on one of the tours, capturing the “Angels in the Architecture” she so loved:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelsphotos/8925553

And she snapped this of me on that first tour:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelsphotos/8925102

My condolences go out to her family and friends. I will treasure the digital photos I have, her book and the memories she captured in her work.

Heidi Johnson, Third Floor, Men’s Ward, originally uploaded by mstephens7.

Left Foot Charley, originally uploaded by mstephens7.

Broken Glass & Radiator, originally uploaded by mstephens7.

Afternoon at the Village TC (Building 50), originally uploaded by mstephens7.

Building 50 Shots for TC Blog, originally uploaded by mstephens7.

Spire’d, originally uploaded by DarrinW.