On his personal history with the glacier:<\/strong><\/p>\nI like the book a whole lot. I\u2019ve been photographing it for a really long time. I\u2019ve spent hundreds and hundreds of days there, in, on, around and under it. We raised our kids there. This book is full of, this is my son and some friends, this is my wife and some friends, this is our favorite camping spot. \u2026<\/p>\n
It\u2019s the place I spend the most time of any place, both recreationally and professionally. This is just really my history here. \u2026<\/p>\n
The photos are supposed to be illustrative. It really bugged me that I haven\u2019t done what I spoke of before, taking a picture once a year. In the 2000s, 2010, 2012, I was thinking, \u2018How do I illustrate this?\u2019 I remembered, I had taken that picture in \u201986.<\/p>\n
I just think that\u2019s illustrative of why they need a new book. My thinking, I\u2019m always trying to illustrate what I think is important and it just talks about the passage of time and history. That\u2019s what this book is all about.<\/p>\n
On his co-collaborator Nick Jans\u2019 claim that the Mendenhall Glacier is \u201cpostcard perfection,\u201d and what sets it apart from other glaciers:<\/strong><\/p>\nI think that might be a little hyperbole, but it\u2019s a really clean, wonderful, white glacier. \u2026The classic shot that\u2019s the postcard picture is of course the view from the Brotherhood Bridge. Now that\u2019s the postcard. You\u2019ve got this incredible set of mountains, you\u2019ve got flowers, you can\u2019t get more picture-perfect, postcard-perfect than that. So I think maybe it\u2019s not hyperbole. \u2026<\/p>\n
When you shoot Tracy Arm, like I love Tracy Arm, but when you shoot them, they don\u2019t have that beautiful, beautiful setting. Let\u2019s just start comparing glaciers. Saywer Glacier (at Tracy Arm), that\u2019s OK, but I don\u2019t think it has \u2018postcard perfection.\u2019 It\u2019s kind of all dirty. It\u2019s just very cold.<\/p>\n
On his favorite section of the book:<\/strong><\/p>\n\u2018Local Time,\u2019 just talks about when (tourists) have left. People often wonder, \u2018How long does it take?\u2019 I was looking for an iceberg and the fall colors. It took me four or five years, I forget, to get this shot. First of all, I wanted a big iceberg.<\/p>\n
I needed good fall colors and I needed it to be sunny, like late September, early October. Usually it just rains all October. October is just miserable. I\u2019m out there in my kayak, year after year, and maybe there are years where I couldn\u2019t (take the photo) because it rained and rained.<\/p>\n
This fall color, it happens. You never think of Juneau in fall colors, and this is a pretty good display of it. It took four or five years from when I finally figured it out. I was out there in my kayak paddling around and thought, \u2018Oh man, wouldn\u2019t that be cool?\u2019 And then to get the peak colors, with the light, with the big berg, I think the picture\u2019s really successful. It illustrates that we do have fall. It\u2019s a rare moment.<\/p>\n
On what\u2019s next for him:<\/strong><\/p>\nI always have projects. I could do a book a year with all the pictures. We\u2019re doing a Northern Lights scarf. Ladies\u2019 apparel, I never thought I\u2019d be into it, but it\u2019s been doing really well. I think it\u2019s really beautiful. Now with the success of this, I\u2019ll probably have a scarf line. I\u2019ve got a couple of books in me; I\u2019m just getting to the point where I need to retire.<\/p>\n
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\u2022 Contact reporter Alex McCarthy at alex.mccarthy@juneauempire.com.<\/b><\/p>\n
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