ABOVE ALASKA

“My hope is that you feel the same cold I did after five hours in the air—that your eyes linger on the deep blue waters, catch the sparkle of ice in the Arctic sun, and that your mind is held by the grandeur and fragility of these vanishing landscapes.“

Not only has Alaska earned its reputation as North America’s last wilderness frontier, it is also one of the most breathtaking places I’ve ever seen—and parts of it are vanishing before our eyes.

This body of work grew out of my fascination with that wild wonderland and my urgency to witness what is changing: the retreat of glaciers, the displacement of wildlife, the reshaping of entire landscapes. Documenting from the ground wasn’t enough. I took to the skies in a photo-survey aircraft, spending hours in low-altitude flights over the Gulf of Alaska. From above, the impact of climate change was undeniable—miles of bare earth where ice once stood, immense glaciers fractured and receding. It was both awe-inspiring and devastating.

The scale of these ice fields cannot be overstated. To see them vanish in real time left me shaken, but also determined to translate the experience. The selected images here are part of a much larger body of work designed as an immersive observation. Captured at the highest resolution possible and printed on luminous metal, the photographs evoke the translucence, brilliance, and drama of what I saw—exactly as I remember it.

My intention is not simply to document, but to bring you into these landscapes. To feel the chill after a long flight. To fix your gaze on the depth of the blue waters, the sparkle of ice beneath the Arctic sun. To be momentarily captivated by the grandeur and complexity of these disappearing worlds.

Please, take them in—while you can.

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