Western Koshkonong Norwegian Lutheran in Winter - near Stoughton Wisconsin Canvas Print

Western Koshkonong Norwegian Lutheran in Winter

Here is the historic Western Koshkonong, built in 1892, at a cost of $7400. Architect was Jens Naeseth of Stoughton. Koshkonong church(es) (it’s confusing - there’s an "East" and "West" and “Western” - I have photos of them all - just search "Koshkonong" on my gallery!) are the first Norwegian American congregations started by the influential Norwegian minister and missionary, J.W.C. Dietrichson in mid 1800's. A church school was later constructed across the road from the church.

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...