Sunset on the Big Coulee #3 Church - Abandoned Rural ND Lutheran church Wood Print

The once-proud rural Lutheran Big Coulee church, about 6 miles south of Churchs Ferry ND has been surrounded by flood waters from rising Devils Lake for many years, until recently. However, it has been abandoned for many decades. Several other images also available - search for "big coulee" on my gallery.

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...