Week 8, Project 365(+1) Recap

One of my readers emailed and asked me, “Why do I keep returning to Alaska?” The question nagged at me, and after much contemplation, I realized that maybe, subliminally, I have a morbid desire to chronicle an extinction event—not of a certain creature but of an entire ecosystem: glaciers.

According to Alaska’s Department of Natural Resources, “During the last several decades, Alaska has warmed twice as fast as the rest of the United States.” The Alaskan glaciers are “among the fastest melting glaciers on Earth.”

This glacial change wreaks havoc on everything and everyone. I’ve had the privilege of visiting and revisiting about half a dozen different glaciers since 2015, and even in that brief period between then and now, I’ve seen the change. I want to capture the beauty of these glaciers before it’s taken away from us.

Glaciers are not just snow and ice—they are also human history, shaping us as humans. Most of humanity will be impacted by the receding glaciers, just as it was by ice caps in eons before. Maybe I go back to Alaska to look for an answer to a question I don’t want to ask. I will keep doing so—till I can’t. Here is a set of four images I recently shared as part of my 366 photo project.

If you have any desire to buy one of these prints, you can order them from the 366 Project page.

March 3, 2024, San Francisco