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“Once Upon Alaska”  5th Book Spread…Image 2864

“Once Upon Alaska” 5th Book Spread…Image 2864

This is my son, Owen, holding up a king salmon that his mother, Jan, caught from the back of our skiff at False Outer Point on Douglas Island in Juneau.  Owen weighed in around 50 pounds and the king salmon weighed in at 35 pounds. They really did catch a fish almost as "big as me”.  This is ...
“Once Upon Alaska”  4th Book Spread…Image 2863

“Once Upon Alaska” 4th Book Spread…Image 2863

Salmon returning home is an iconic Alaska event.  I shot this image of pink salmon through the window of the fish ladder at the Douglas Island Pink and Chum (DIPAC) Ladd Macauley Visitors Center.  Pink salmon, the smallest of the Pacific salmon found in Alaska, weigh on average 3.5- pounds and ...
“Once Upon Alaska”  3rd Book Spread…Image 2862

“Once Upon Alaska” 3rd Book Spread…Image 2862

My family and I were out visiting Paul Johnson and family in Elfin Cove.  It was Easter.  It was pouring...a full rubber suit day in Southeast Alaska.  In spite of the pounding rain, we all headed out on our skiff bundled up under a tarp for a beach walk.  In the middle of the downpour, the ...
“Once Upon Alaska”  2nd Image Spread…Image 2861

“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

“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

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 ...
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“As a kid in Buffalo, New York, I always wondered what it would be like to encounter a whale,” says Mark Kelley. Learn more about Mark…