I channeled my inner Bradford Washburn (a famous Alaska mountaineer and photographer known for his dramatic black-and-white photography) on a spectacular clear day last week while riding the ferry from Juneau to Haines, Alaska.
It is very hard to get a sense of the scale of the magnificent mountains and glaciers that line the edge of the Lynn Canal, the 90-mile long, 2,000-foot deep fjord that runs from Juneau to Skagway. If you look very closely at some of the photos, you will see tiny trees that are, in reality, huge.
Much of Washburn’s photography resulted from his quest to find routes and create maps for many of his first assent Alaska mountain climbs. While I won’t pretend that my photos below come anywhere near Washburn’s, the stark, simple, yet detailed look is perhaps somewhat similar. I can still kick myself because before he died in 2007, prints of his work could be purchased somewhat reasonably. Not surprisingly, today, that is not the case.
LINKS:
- PHOTO GALLERY: Haines, Alaska
- PHOTO GALLERY: Juneau, Alaska