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A Moment in Time at the Walker

By Sho Nikaido

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A Moment in Time at the Walker

The people behind the scenes at any museum make all the exhibitions, screenings, performances, workshops, publications, and more possible.  In the fall of 2022, as the Walker’s staff worked to return the museum’s activities to pre-pandemic levels, we invited local artist Sho Nikaido to photograph our day-to-day operations.

Let loose among the offices, library, fabrication shops, and other spaces of the Walker Sho crafted this time capsule of the people who make the Walker a reality.

Black and white image of the outisde of a brick museum.
Walker Art Center Building and Grounds, 2022. Photo by Sho Nikaido. Image courtesy Walker Art Center.
Amy Oeth in the Bazinet lobby, 2022. Photo by Sho Nikaido. Image courtesy Walker Art Center.
Two women wearing face masks stand and look at the viewer in the offices of a museum.
Ellie Houlin and Laura Moran in the Walker offices, 2022. Photo by Sho Nikaido. Image courtesy Walker Art Center.
A man in a baseball hat stands and a stadnign office workspace and smiles at the viewer.
Brian Huddleston in the Walker Art Center offices, 2022. Photo by Sho Nikaido. Image courtesy Walker Art Center.
A man smiles while working at a desk in an office.
William Hernandez Luege works in the Walker Art Center offices, 2022. Photo by Sho Nikaido. Image courtesy Walker Art Center.
A woman sits in a desk in front of a computer while turning and gustering to someone off frame.
Naomi Crocker in the Walker offices, 2022. Photo by Sho Nikaido. Image courtesy Walker Art Center.
A man sits at a desk and smiles at the viewer in a museum office.
Tom Reed in the Walker Art Center offices, 2022. Photo by Sho Nikaido. Image courtesy Walker Art Center.
An adult with a bandana over their hair stands looks at the viewer while standing and examining printed documentsi n a museum office.
Andrew Bogard in the Walker Art Center offices, 2022. Photo by Sho Nikaido. Image courtesy Walker Art Center.
A man in a suite sits at a desk in an office and smiles at the viewer.
Pavel Pys in the Walker Art Center offices, 2022. Photo by Sho Nikaido. Image courtesy Walker Art Center.
A woman smiles and looks at the viewer while standing next to a framed artwork of a woman.
Walker Staff Member in the Walker Art Center offices, 2022. Photo by Sho Nikaido. Image courtesy Walker Art Center.
Henriette Huldisch in the Walker offices, 2022. Photo by Sho Nikaido. Image courtesy Walker Art Center.
Jake Yuzna in the Walker offices, 2022. Photo by Sho Nikaido. Image courtesy Walker Art Center.
Brian Huddleston and Ian Babineau in the Walker offices, 2022. Photo by Sho Nikaido. Image courtesy Walker Art Center.
Joe King and Kate Arford in the Walker offices, 2022. Photo by Sho Nikaido. Image courtesy Walker Art Center.
Matthew Villar Miranda in the Walker offices, 2022. Photo by Sho Nikaido. Image courtesy Walker Art Center.
Ian Babineau in the Walker offices, 2022. Photo by Sho Nikaido. Image courtesy Walker Art Center.
A woman stands in a museum offices smiling while lookinng at the viewer.
Laurel Rand Lewis in the Walker Art Center offices, 2022. Photo by Sho Nikaido. Image courtesy Walker Art Center.
Black and white image of an empty meeting table and chairs next to a large angular window.
Meeting Table in the Walker Art Center Offices, 2022. Photo by Sho Nikaido. Image courtesy Walker Art Center.
Judy Earlin the Walker, 2022. Photo by Sho Nikaido. Image courtesy Walker Art Center.
Two adults at a check in desk in a lobby turn around and smile at the viewer.
Myrtó Neamonitaki and Lilly Knopf in the Bazinet lobby at the Walker Art Center, 2022. Photo by Sho Nikaido. Image courtesy Walker Art Center.
Corra Thompson and Brielle Pizzala in the Walker Shop, 2022. Photo by Sho Nikaido. Image courtesy Walker Art Center.
Rahsaan Lee and Michael Hansen in the Bazinet lobby, 2022. Photo by Sho Nikaido. Image courtesy Walker Art Center.
Keith Parker and Pablo de Ocampo in the Bazinet lobby, 2022. Photo by Sho Nikaido. Image courtesy Walker Art Center.
A man stands in a museum hallway smiling while lookinng at the viewer.
Matthew Prediger in the Walker Art Center, 2022. Photo by Sho Nikaido. Image courtesy Walker Art Center.
Two newspapers with headlines about the death of Queen Elizabeth II sit on modern end table in between two chairs in a waaiting room.
Walker Art Center Building and Grounds, 2022. Photo by Sho Nikaido. Image courtesy Walker Art Center.
A man smiles at the viewer with holding up two peace signs with his hands as they sit on a beanbag in a photo studio.
Pierre Ware in the Walker Art Center photo studio, 2022. Photo by Sho Nikaido. Image courtesy Walker Art Center.
A man sprays air on a photograph on a photography station.
Cameron Wittig in the Walker Art Center photo studio, 2022. Photo by Sho Nikaido. Image courtesy Walker Art Center.
Kam Herndon in the Walker photo studio, 2022. Photo by Sho Nikaido. Image courtesy Walker Art Center.
Philip Bither in the Walker offices, 2022. Photo by Sho Nikaido. Image courtesy Walker Art Center.
A Walker staff member in the Walker photo studio, 2022. Photo by Sho Nikaido. Image courtesy Walker Art Center.
Evan Reiter in the Walker exhibition fabircation area, 2022. Photo by Sho Nikaido. Image courtesy Walker Art Center.
A man with glasses looks at the viewer while stanidng in a large woodworking shop.
David Dick in the Walker Art Center wood shop, 2022. Photo by Sho Nikaido. Image courtesy Walker Art Center.
Matt Allen and Jojo Dominguez in the Walker offices, 2022. Photo by Sho Nikaido. Image courtesy Walker Art Center.
Sarah Lampen in the Walker offices, 2022. Photo by Sho Nikaido. Image courtesy Walker Art Center.
Richard Gangelhoff, Carolyn Hernandez, Jojo Dominguez, Myrtó Neamonitaki, and Matt Allen in the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, 2022. Photo by Sho Nikaido. Image courtesy Walker Art Center.
Deborah Meyer in the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, 2022. Photo by Sho Nikaido. Image courtesy Walker Art Center.
An adult wearing a face mask looks at the viewer while sitting on a beanbag and holding their cell phone.
Daniel Hughes in the Walker Art Center offices, 2022. Photo by Sho Nikaido. Image courtesy Walker Art Center.
Black and white image of the seating in an empty cinema.
Walker Cinema, 2022. Photo by Sho Nikaido. Image courtesy Walker Art Center.
Jennifer Riestenberg in the Walker Art Center Library and Archives, 2022. Photo by Sho Nikaido. Image courtesy Walker Art Center.
A researcher in the Walker Art Center Library and Archives, 2022. Photo by Sho Nikaido. Image courtesy Walker Art Center.
A man wearing glasses smiles while looking at the viewer as they sit at a desk among shelves of books in a library.
Michael Peterman in the Walker Art Center Library and Archives, 2022. Photo by Sho Nikaido. Image courtesy Walker Art Center.
A brouchure with a picture of a filmmaker and the title The FIlms of John Cassavetes sits on a shelf in a library.
Walker Art Center Library and Archive, 2022. Photo by Sho Nikaido. Image courtesy Walker Art Center.
A typewriter sints under a plexiglass box on a pedestal among rows of books in a library.
Walker Art Center Library and Archive, 2022. Photo by Sho Nikaido. Image courtesy Walker Art Center.
Diana Soderholm at the Walker Art Center, 2022. Photo by Sho Nikaido. Image courtesy Walker Art Center.
John Lindell in the Walker Art Center offices, 2022. Photo by Sho Nikaido. Image courtesy Walker Art Center.
Judy Earl, Richard Gangelhoff, Jojo Dominguez, and Claude Faciana-Smith in the Cargill Lounge at the Walker Art Center, 2022. Photo by Sho Nikaido. Image courtesy Walker Art Center.
View of a grassy hill through an angular window.
View of the Wurtele Upper Garden through an interior window at the Walker Art Center, 2022. Photo by Sho Nikaido. Image courtesy Walker Art Center.
Black and white image of the outisde of a brick museum.
Walker Art Center Building and Grounds, 2022. Photo by Sho Nikaido. Image courtesy Walker Art Center.

Sho Nikaido is a Japanese photographer and musician based in Minneapolis, MN. His photographs monumentalize ordinary subjects by focusing on everything having equal importance as well as that every detail deserves attention. At Blue Sky Photo Workshop, he teaches community workshops on documenting one’s life and heritage through photography.

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