ENTRY DESCRIPTION
Woman from Cokato with her dog.
Gust Aukerland was a Swedish immigrant who opened his studio in 1905 in Cokato, Minnesota. He used to photograph the townspeople, which is now part of the exhibit in the Museum of Cokato. His studio is part of the museum and still has all the accessories.
We had the privilege to photograph the townspeople when they came to visit the annual corn festival.

AUTHOR
My earliest memory of my love affair with the camera began in Kenya where my father allowed me to play with his Yashica twin-lens reflex. Things which unravel out of your childhood are destined to stay with you for life, often biding their time until they emerge out of the shadows to become the only pathway.

Next, in Kathmandu, he bought me a Chinese-made plastic camera, my first. All I did for a few days, was have the back open, lick the shutter and watch in wonder. None of the above actually amounted to me clicking any shots. It has been a journey off learning discovery and exhilaration since then. Photography, as a passion you fuel, consumes you and transforms you on a tangible level, making a wanderer without without a timetable, out of you. I could not have prayed anything better.

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