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“Once Upon Alaska” 2nd Image Spread…Image 2861

This is my son Gabe, oh so long ago. It was his first day of learning how to drive the skiff. He was a pretty happy and proud nine year old…presently he is 28. He did turn the throttle pretty hard and almost flipped me out of the boat while I was standing up taking this photo. The skiff ...

“Once Upon Alaska” Opening Spread…Image 2860

I shot this image in 1976 as a photojournalism student at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF). During my four years of undergraduate work at UAF, I would always skip the first week of school and head to Denali National Park for a week of shooting. Over the past 35 years, I have spent ...

Announcing upcoming release of Mark’s latest book – Image 2859

I have not published a new book since 2007 when “Alaska: A Photographic Excursion” came out. I have always wanted to do a kids book and started seriously thinking about it the last four or five years. I wanted the book to use my best photos of Alaska and be fun to read and look at. My ...

Alaska Magazine – The Bears of Anan – Image 2858

The February 2014 issue of Alaska Magazine features an eight-page photo layout of bear images I shot at Anan Wildlife Observatory, along with text by Nick Jans. I have been traveling to Anan Creek for the past five summers, spending as little as a day to sometimes a whole week at the time. ...

Nature’s Best Magazine 2013 Winner – Image 2857

I am deeply honored to be one of fifteen winners in the 2013 Windland Smith Rice International Awards Competition by Nature’s Best Photography, a quarterly magazine. The competition is one of the most prestigious nature photography contests in the United States and the world. More than 24,000 ...

Downtown, Juneau, Alaska – Image 2855

This is the view from my home on the top of Starr Hill. I think it is one of the beautiful views I can image of any city and am lucky to wake up every morning taking all of this in. This winter has been wet and warm at sea level. Eaglecrest, the local ski area, which up in the mountains is ...

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