Chuck Kimmerle

Chuck Kimmerle is a Wyoming-based, black and white landscape photographer whose interests lie primarily with simple, reticent, and quiet scenes often found between the usual, cliche photographic destinations. It is in these austere landscapes that Chuck finds comfort and meaning. His straightforward style is heavily influenced by more than 16 years working as a newspaper photojournalist—his first job after college—during which he received a 1/4 share of a nomination for the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography.

Chuck has been interested in photography since he took his first snapshot at the age of four, hiding beneath a picnic table and, despite repeated warnings from his angry mother, pressed the camera's shutter. Memories are hazy, but it is without doubt that a tear-inducing spanking soon followed.

While Chuck is a popular speaker and teacher, he considers himself, first and foremost, a photographer. An artist. His images are deeply personal and convey things about him that he would never allow himself to admit otherwise.

His work has been published extensively in periodicals around the world including Dodho Magazine (Middle East), Fotoritim Magazine (Turkey), f/11 Magazine (New Zealand), Outdoor Photography and Black and White Photography Magazines (UK) as well as domestic publications such as Lenswork, B&W, Outdoor Photographer, and Shutterbug.

His work has been featured at numerous exhibitions, including solo shows at the North Dakota Museum of Art and the Nicolaysen Art Museum.