On a recent assignment covering the Award ceremony of the 2009 Walter J. Hickel award to Willie Hensley, I couldn’t help but take notice that the general tone of the room changed with each speaker. I found myself fascinated by the somewhat embarrassing stories each speaker told of their friend Willie, as he sat [...]

This morning, I found out from my good friend Kelly Price of Rapport that a photo of Sarah Palin from a shoot I did for Runners World is being used for the cover of Newsweek. The cover was posted on the Newsweek website today, but I can’t wait to hold an actual copy. Good morning!

A few weeks ago, my good friend Ed Pilkington from London’s The Guardian came to Anchorage to interview Bristol Palin’s baby’s daddy, Levi Johnston. We met with Levi at his lawyers’ office in Anchorage, and the interview was fairly short. Photographically, I was stumped. I like to keep things as simple as possible, and the [...]

 
 
 
On Wednesday, October 25th, I left Anchorage, AK for Kotzebue, AK, the first village of five I would visit over the next four days to make photographs for a calendar showcasing Nana shareholders who are business owners. After Kotzebue, I travelled to Noatak, Kivalina, Noorvik and Kiana.