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HPR1.COM | May 31, 2012 | HIGH PLAINS READER 13
say he was doing a good job. Miller said theycould pass him if they wished, but the driverresponded, “No we’re following you. You’refrom North Dakota.”
Hours spent broken down in “the middle ofnowhere,” i.e. rural North Dakota, gettingstuck on roads that appeared to be dry andsafe for travel, contribute to his talent for driv-ing in poor conditions.
Miller is doesn’t mind spending hours byhimself in his car, driving through the country-side and scoping out unique and often unno-ticed opportunities for photographs. As long ashe’s got National Public Radio, he doesn’t getbored.
Dakota Moniker, his previous and ongoingproject, has led him through most of easternand southwestern North Dakota over the lastthree years. The Moniker project now has twoinstallments, meant to capture the weird andintriguing aspects of the rural countryside ofNorth Dakota that many drive by withoutnoticing.
Much like his trip for Scenic Overlook, hisMoniker routes are not predetermined. He’sspent hours and hours venturing through ran-dom dirt roads, turning directions on a whim.
As unique or even as weird as some of theimages Miller captures may seem, none ofthem are photo-shopped. “I try to keep every-thing as close to form as using film,” Millersays.
His career hasn’t been without a few majorsetbacks. He lost 95 percent of his work in theflood of ’97; mildew and water destroyedmany of his negatives and prints. Earlier thisyear, all of his camera equipment was stolenfrom his car. Friends and area business cametogether to help Miller after the robbery.Friends donated the space, food, and bever-ages for a benefit show held in December. Thefunds raised afforded Miller enough for a new
camera body and lens.“Hundreds of people of showed up. I sold a
lot of pieces, and met a lot of new people whowere interested in what I was doing … I’mstill without a lot of equipment from the rob-bery, but slowly but surely, with the shows I’mdoing, I’ll be able to start recouping some ofthe costs of what was taken,” says Miller.
Funding may still be the biggest obstaclefor Miller’s projects. Traveling and scouringthe countryside is not cheap at today’s gasprices. Framing expenses can be just as expen-sive. He hopes the Moniker project will even-tually raise enough to turn the collection into abook.
Miller plans to continue showing and work-ing on Moniker project, which won him a fea-tured artist spot in the “Art on the Plains”show at the Plains Art Museum. The projectwas also displayed during the Spring Art Gala.
He hopes to wrap up his Moniker project bythe fall of 2013. The summer months will givehim the opportunity to work on the thirdinstallment of the project, as winter is not theideal time for anyone to be traveling the back-roads of North Dakota.
The reception for his latest collection, AScenic Overlook, will be held at DK CustomFraming at Gallery 14 on Thurs., June 7 at 6p.m. Food and drinks will be available, and theshow is free to attend. The collection will beon display at the gallery until the end of themonth.
Miller was born in Thief River Falls, Minn.and has lived in Fargo since he was 13. Hestudied photography at Central Lakes Collegeand Minnesota State University Moorhead.For more information about the artist visitjearlmiller.com.
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