Jenn and Tim

Husband and wife photo team of Jenn Ackerman and Tim Gruber. Delighted by people, anything quirky, fresh snow, and awesome photos.

[Jenn and Tim @ackermangruber]

Still can’t believe this happened - honestly felt like a kid waiting for Christmas morning on this one! A special 12 page section in the Sunday New York Times today with beautifully written copy and filled with photos from Tim’s time documenting the Warroad Pioneer.

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This was a delight photographing controlled burns in the Black Hills forest. Honestly what more can you ask for as a photographer?🔥📸

[BuzzFeed News Art Dept @BuzzFeedNewsArt]

These Workers Are Fighting Wildfires By Setting “Controlled Burns” In The Wilderness
By @annabettss and @mabbie_ads, photos by @ackermangruber
https://t.co/GApaFiDJ8z

[Jenn and Tim @ackermangruber]

Surfers and ice beards. We really couldn’t ask for much more on this assignment!

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Thanks again for the dream assignment! This one will be hard to top for us as well!

[Jenn and Tim @ackermangruber]

We loved working with you on this one Emily! Thanks for being a great sport about trying some new sports! 😀

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We loved working on this one! It’s not every assignment that you get to drive across a 22-mile ice road to reach your destination and spend time at a one-room schoolhouse. Thanks for making this all happen Donna!

[Donna Cohen @donnatova]

A fantastic photo essay about a unique community in Northern Minnesota closed off by Canadian border closures by @ackermangruber https://t.co/sZbqXNnnab via @BW

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Thanks Elena! We have loved documenting Suni and her drive to compete while making it look so graceful.

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Thanks, Elizabeth! It was great working with you on this one and love how the words and images gelled on this one!

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It’s still hard to believe that international news is happening blocks from our home. In a matter of days this corner and the killing of George Floyd has sparked a passion we have never seen in our city before.

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Not even sure what to say beyond we are on the brink of tears. The camera is a wonderful shield from the emotions of what you’re experiencing. Only when you take the camera from your eye does the severity of what you’re seeing creep into every crevice of your aching soul. 😢

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Loved photographing Ben for this story on the struggles of small businesses. Anyone that is game for poking their head through the roof of a car makes our job easy! Thanks again Sarina!

[Sarina Finkelstein @sarinaphoto]

Thank you to @GretaRybus , @ackermangruber , Kevin Serna and Ali Lapetina for such beautiful photo coverage. https://t.co/P905FBdn51

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Funerals in the time of COVID-19. Steve and his wife Lauren say their final goodbyes to Steve’s brother, Ron. The family decided to go ahead with the small burial and hope to have a proper burial once the coronavirus has passed.

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These open spaces look so inviting right now. We had a blast exploring the Sandhills region of Nebraska for this travel story. We can still almost feel the grasshoppers bouncing at our feet as we explored the pasture on this family ranch. Photographed for Midwest Living.

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We love when commissions blend seamlessly with our personal projects. There are no better examples of this than a bunch of our recent NY Times assignments that always have an element of exploration to them. Outtakes that also fit seamlessly with our personal project Flyover.

[Jenn and Tim @ackermangruber]

Jordyn, 19, raised as a Jehovah’s Witness, had been told by her parents not to vote. She voted partly out of rebellion to her upbringing but also out of pride as an adult making her own decisions. It wouldn’t have been the same doing it absentee. Photographed for @washingtonpost

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Portraits of Wisconsin voters waiting in line to vote. Photographed for The Washington Post.

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Enjoyed photographing this story about people coming together to help by sewing masks.

[NYT Business @nytimesbusiness]

All over the country, homebound Americans are sewing face masks for medical workers -- their skills no longer taken for granted or dismissed as a mere hobby https://t.co/GgMZPavmQ7

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We loved this assignment with Amber. Not to mention it was back when life was really simple and we took socializing with the people we photographed for granted. It was a dreary January day so it was fun to play in the studio to replicate some warm sun wh… https://t.co/Qc37YIA458

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Enjoyed every minute of this assignment as we always love exploring the Iron Range.

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Loved how this one turned out and loved that @SmithsonianMag gave us the time and support to explore it as long as we did!

[Kathryn Aalto @kathrynaalto]

Smitten with the atmospheric + sensitive photographs of a restored Indiana prairie by @ackermangruber for my recent feature in @SmithsonianMag.

The support of Smithsonian to writers and photographers to fully explore ideas, people, and issues is most appreciated.

[Jenn and Tim @ackermangruber]

Felt like kids ourselves working on this assignment and the comment section is delightful. Like us everyone seems to have fond memories of sledding!