Lake Ibsen Township Schoolhouse - abandoned one room school in Benson County ND Acrylic Print

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"Lake Ibsen Township Schoolhouse"
I recently caught my chance to catch this schoolhouse in early spring, with the wheat just emerging, and framing it with a couple cottonwoods at edge of pond. I imagine that this might have been almost the same view shared by dozens of schoolchildren back in the 40's and 50's as they walked to their school on a bright spring morning, coming from the east.
I've photographed this school before in wintertime and other images can be seen by searching "Lake Ibsen".

Image captured 6/1/22 with Pentax K-1 and DA*300mm telephoto lens.

Peter Herman was born and raised on a farm in North Dakota. He first became interested in photography during high-school, and after acquiring a Pentax SLR, began taking photos for the school yearbook and developing/printing B&W images in school darkroom. He continued shooting through college, taking portraits, group pictures, weddings, but after beginning his engineering career at Cummins, he let his photography interests go dormant until about 2005 when he acquired his first DSLR and started shooting scenic landscapes from around the US, but concentrating especially on rural areas in ND and WI. Many of his images were encountered while riding motorcycle down random backroads during "golden hour", searching for that magic light...