So Minnesota: Photographer Jim Brandenburg captured nature via a digicam lens

One Minnesotan captured the fantastic thing about wildlife like no different.

Photos from world-renowned photographer Jim Brandenburg are a part of the Bell Museum assortment.

“He had this uncanny ability to capture that magic of nature,” mentioned Bell Museum Executive Director Holly Menninger. “He’s from Minnesota, and he cared deeply about Minnesota’s unique habitats and ecosystems.”

Born in Luverne in 1945, Brandenburg studied artwork on the University of Minnesota-Duluth. Brandenburg began his profession on the Daily Globe in Worthington. For the subsequent 30 years, he labored as a photographer, touring all over the world for National Geographic Magazine.

“He provides literally a lens through which anyone can connect with nature and find that appreciation and beauty,” Menninger mentioned.

Throughout his profession, Brandenburg gained a number of main awards. Brandenburg’s well-known picture of the Leaping Arctic Wolf was named one of many 100 most essential pictures in Canadian historical past.

In April of 2025, Brandenburg handed away on the age of 79, however his legacy will dwell on with moments captured on digicam.

“He had a gift,” Menninger mentioned.