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Happy Holidays from Alaska 12-20-2020

This image just shouts “Alaska.” It has all the necessary ingredients: endless pristine white snow, beautiful mountains, northern lights, and a full moon lighting the whole scene. I took this photo of the Brooks Range along the Dalton Highway about 70 miles north of the Arctic Circle. Photographing northern lights around full-moon nights is especially cool because the moon lights the snow, making it look really white. Look closely in the spruce trees and find their moon shadows. This image ...

Snowshoe Hare, Alaska #3336

Over my forty-plus years as a photographer in Alaska, I have had the privilege of photographing and publishing thirteen books on Alaska. I love all my books, but my favorite and most fun book to work on was the kids’ book “Once Upon Alaska.” I so much enjoyed reading Nick Jan’s rhyming verses and letting Heidi Reifenstein and Matt Knutson design the book with fanciful type flowing across the pages. As a publisher I try to only print enough books to sell in one year. I have reprinted the ...

Caribou and Denali, Alaska #3135

Over my forty-plus years as a photographer in Alaska, I have had the privilege of photographing and publishing thirteen books on Alaska. I love all my books, but my favorite and most fun book to work on was the kids’ book “Once Upon Alaska.” I so much enjoyed reading Nick Jan’s rhyming verses and letting Heidi Reifenstein and Matt Knutson design the book with fanciful type flowing across the pages. As a publisher I try to only print enough books to sell in one year. I have reprinted the ...

Tufted Puffin, Alaska #3134

Over my forty-plus years as a photographer in Alaska, I have had the privilege of photographing and publishing thirteen books on Alaska. I love all my books, but my favorite and most fun book to work on was the kids’ book “Once Upon Alaska.” I so much enjoyed reading Nick Jan’s rhyming verses and letting Heidi Reifenstein and Matt Knutson design the book with fanciful type flowing across the pages. As a publisher I try to only print enough books to sell in one year. I have reprinted the ...

Humpback Whale, Alaska #3133

Over my forty-plus years as a photographer in Alaska, I have had the privilege of photographing and publishing thirteen books on Alaska. I love all my books, but my favorite and most fun book to work on was the kids’ book “Once Upon Alaska.” I so much enjoyed reading Nick Jan’s rhyming verses and letting Heidi Reifenstein and Matt Knutson design the book with fanciful type flowing across the pages. As a publisher I try to only print enough books to sell in one year. I have reprinted the ...

Black Bear Cubs, Anan Creek, Alaska #3132

This image titled “Alaska Eden” was the second Mark Kelley image accepted in the 2019 Alaska Positive Exhibit. The exhibit at the Alaska State Museum opened Friday, December 6, and runs through February 15, 2020. Now in its 49th year, Alaska Positive is a biennial exhibition of Alaska photography sponsored by the Alaska State Museum. This year’s juror, David Michael Kennedy, selected 38 photographs by 26 photographs. Over 202 photographs were submitted for the exhibit. The show will spend ...

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Happy Holidays from Alaska 12-20-2020

Snowshoe Hare, Alaska #3336

Caribou and Denali, Alaska #3135

Tufted Puffin, Alaska #3134

Humpback Whale, Alaska #3133

Black Bear Cubs, Anan Creek, Alaska #3132