Jim Brandenberg

[Stormy Kromer]

I met him and knew him. He was from Luverne, MN. Not far from my farm where I live now. We met one day aout 10 years ago on a frozen lake up to he!! and gone in NE Minnesota on a late afternoon. I was out ice fishing with a buddy of mine and we met up with Jim. My buddy was from southern, MN So was I. So was Jim.

We had a great visit with this gentleman and when we got back to my truck my friend said "that was Jim Brandenberg". I responded"he's a nice guy". Turns out he is a well known photographer. He died last week. Some of you may know his work. I remember him as a nice guy I met on a frozen lake in NE MN.

Just goes to show, be kind to everyone you meet. Everyone is kind.

Jim Brandenberg. RIP my friend.

 

[street]

Sorry to hear that news of a friend but a great story. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Stormy Kromer]

Sorry I misspelled his name. It is Jim Brandenburg.

Great guy. A google search could give you all his professional info. To me he is the fella that got all excited about taking pictures on the lake in front of his lake place all year around (and it gets cold up there ). He lived there and did it.

Anyway, he was a world class guy and a good guy. Not many are both.

 

[FlaGator]

Thanks for the notice, great bio.

I had the pleasure of having a gentlemen photographer a bit older than Brandenburg befriend my late wife and me. He led her on an Audubon class in Yellowstone and wore both of us out hiking around Death Valley on two occasions in the 90's. He had an interesting career - film work on some of Disney's wildlife shorts, published in NatGeo and Arizona Highways, and long after it was public knowledge, revealed he captured on film one of the earliest impact tests of a submarine-launched cruise missile. He's been gone for over 20 years but I often think about the great times we shared in DV, what he taught us about photography and the incredible wood carvings he gave us (side hobby for him).

I mention all of that to help keep alive the importance the part of wildlife/natural history photography that depended upon patience, photographic skill, and a passion for the natural world. I was blessed to have Bill Ratcliffe be a part of my life.