Tim Gruber and Jenn Ackerman use both photography and video to tell stories for editorial and commercial clients. 
Before we moved to Minneapolis, we were given an enormous amount of survival tips. Some people told us to escape winter altogether and go to warm Arizona like our Snowbird friends. Others said to buy woolly socks and hunker down. And a lot of people told us that the only way to survive winter in the Upper Midwest is to just enjoy it. We took that to heart.
Since moving here, we have learned how to ice skate, bought a closet full of winter clothes and a 10 pound box of hand warmers, and have throughly enjoyed the winter. In fact, as the snow begins to melt we are already mourning our outings to the rink near our house.
I say this now that it is a little warmer. I wasn’t singing the same tune when it was -20 degrees windchill and I couldn’t focus my camera because my fingers had frozen. I now have a greater appreciation for large format photography. Almost every weekend Tim and I ventured out in the coldest weather of the year in the coldest part of the country and made photos. Here are some photos from my first winter in Minnesota.
Hi!
I understand what you wrote in your post. I am from Spain and moved to Poland almost 5 years ago, since I live here I enjoy like a crazy each winter. I hadn´t realised before reading it in your post that what I was doing to fight the cold was to enjoy it!
By the way, I love the last pic, the one of the masked children.
Thanks for the kind words Luis. I am so glad other people enjoy the winter too.
Love them all; especially “Camp Why Not” … wonder if it’s near Minot?