Solitude--Chuck Kimmerle

I am sitting here today reviewing some gorgeous black and white winter landscape photographs of North Dakota while also preparing for the chance of freezing rain and ice that threatens to isolate us on our farm from the outside world.

The American Plains seem to crave, much like its inhabitants, solitude as much as it craves companionship. As inhabitants of the Plains we want and need both. Winter in the Northern Plains can bring these two, solitude and companionship, into their fiercest conflict in each of us.

Chuck Kimmerle's winter landscape photographs of North Dakota and Minnesota defy the notion that the plains are a barren, non-photogenic landscape. His photographs successfully capture the clean lines, clean backgrounds, and minimalist scenes of the Northern Plains while still showing us the brutal weather and solitary nature that exists around these pockets of beauty.

Chuck as been published by several fine art publications such as Lenswork and Black and White magazine. He has also be exhibited in several shows. In addition to this he has a number of scheduled exhibition for 2011 already.