David Heberlein retired as professor emeritus from the University of Wisconsin System at River Falls. His teaching career spanned thirty years and upwards of a thousand photography students.

His photographs allude to an interest in culture and geography; how we interact with nature, and each other, to create a sense of place.

Heberlein’s work has been exhibited widely and in the collections of the Minnesota History Center, Weisman Art Museum, Plains Art Museum, Wisconsin Historical Society, and the University of Wisconsin-River Falls Archives.

His first monograph, Park Place Out West, was published in June 2023.

He lives with his wife, Judy, in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota.