On Sunday, Ash and I were able to catch up with former Alaskan and music producer Erik Braund. Erik has been living in Brooklyn, NY for the last few years and recently graduated from the Clive Davis Dept. of Recorded Music at NYU’s Tisch School of The Arts. Erik will be starting his master’s at [...]

This week, Ash and I had the pleasure of spending two days at the Alaska Native Heritage Center photographing the facility for their marketing department. I wanted to photograph the Center in a way I haven’t seen before. We kept it simple, taking just three lenses and one off-camera flash. Although it was cloudy on [...]

While in NY, Ash and I were able to meet up with Newsweek’s photo editor Michelle Molloy. As soon as we walked into Newsweek’s offices, we could feel the excitement of the newsroom. It was wonderful to see Michelle again and introduce her to my fiance, and it was perfect timing: Michelle was in need [...]

Over the weekend, Ash and I checked out the new location of the Tap Root Cafe for the Anchorage Daily News. They will be moving into a space with four times the square footage of their previous location. The new venue will also have a much-needed full stage and 23 taps to begin with, with [...]

Yesterday, Ashley and I photographed the opening of the Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center in the Anchorage Museum of History & Art. I went there knowing that I had two pieces in the new displays, but to my surprise I also had a 15×13 ft wall mural! The photo is a detail shot of ice fishing [...]

Ash and I are in Sitka, Alaska right now working with the Institute of the North on the Emerging Leaders Dialogue. More on that soon. But above are a few photos of our first day here.

Today, I photographed Anchorage’s city-wide Cleanup Day. Along with the dead moose, the crew also found a wallet and machete.

Today, Ashley and I had the pleasure of photographing and interviewing independent musician Tim Easton. Tim is on tour passing through Anchorage as he works his way down to Bellingham, WA.
I was introduced to Tim a year ago though my good friend, Evan Phillips. Along with Leroy Stagger, Easton and Phillips form a trio [...]

Last night, Ashley and I came home after a week in Shishmaref, Alaska. Everyday was something new and exciting. Everyday, we started our day arriving to the school by 8am. In the mornings, Ashley and I would go to the English classes to talk about recipes and work with the kids on their recipes for [...]

A couple months ago while on a assignment, Ashley Skabar and I came across the Eskimo Cook Book. The book was made in 1951 by children of the Shishmaref Day School in Shishmaref, AK. The book inspired us to go to Shishmaref to interview and photograph the children featured in the book–now elders in their [...]