In \u201cSoutheast Alaska: A Photographic Passage,\u201d float houses and boat harbors appear through mist; oyster catchers stare through foliage. Some images are black and white, others glow with the blues and greens of moss, herring eggs and icebergs.<\/p>\n
The images, scenes from the villages, towns, waters and fjords around Southeast Alaska, are the collaboration of Ernest and Larisa Manewal, a father-daughter duo.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m nearly 80, so she wanted to do something with me before I became any more feeble than I already am,\u201d Ernest said, laughing.<\/p>\n
One of her main goals for the book was that it be timeless, Larisa said.<\/p>\n
Larisa, an artist of many mediums who received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography at the Brooks Institute in California, spent several months in Portland researching design and organizing the book.<\/p>\n
Its sections are \u201cFounding Cultures,\u201d \u201cThe Tongass,\u201d \u201cSea and The Sky,\u201d \u201cRelics,\u201d and \u201cGlacial Geology.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI just felt like those sections embodied most of what I want to say about Southeast,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Each photo is accompanied by a short description of the subject and where the photo was taken. One of her favorites is a young girl, dancing. The caption reads only \u201cTsimshian dance group \/ Metlakatla Native Reserve.\u201d<\/p>\n
Though the description of each photo is spare, each one means something different to her \u2014 and, at times, to its subject.<\/p>\n
The photo meant something to the girl \u201cat a very dark time,\u201d Larisa said.<\/p>\n
Larisa spent four of the last few years as a cultural and scientific expedition leader for Allen Marine\u2019s cruises, and visited many smaller villages through her work with them, which helped her collect images. She didn\u2019t manage to get as far north as Yakutat, but the book covers Metlakatla to Skagway.<\/p>\n
The duo wanted to make the book as attractive to locals as to tourists, something that in this reader\/viewer\u2019s opinion, they\u2019ve accomplished.<\/p>\n
\u201cI consciously put in a lot of rainy days,\u201d Larisa said. \u201cYou don\u2019t want to just have a sunny book when we live here. Same with winter versus summer.\u201d<\/p>\n
All the book\u2019s images are things the reader could conceivably see if they visit the towns.<\/p>\n
Ernest Manewal has lived in Sitka for 40 years. Larisa was born there.<\/p>\n
Some of Ernest\u2019s favorite Southeast Alaskan images are of wildlife and landscapes, he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI like patterns, and things that are maybe a little off the beaten track,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
One of his photos that made it into the book is of an old boat named \u201cArch Angel\u201d in Pelican. It resonated with him because of Sitka\u2019s one-time name of New Archangel, he said.<\/p>\n
He\u2019s attracted to eyes, as well \u2014 fish eyes, bird eyes. An oystercatcher in the book stares at the reader; Ernest liked the photo because the bird was both looking at him and trying to hide from him.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s just a matter of being aware, and looking around, and taking it slowly, and observing what\u2019s around you,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Ernest is also the author of another book Southeast Alaskans likely recognize: \u201cSitka: Between the Mountains and the Sea,\u201d which covers \u201ca little bit of everything\u201d in Sitka and is almost sold out of its second printing, he said.<\/p>\n
Ernest and Larisa printed 3,000 copies of \u201cSoutheast Alaska: A Photographic Passage,\u201d and they don\u2019t plan another print run, Larisa said.<\/p>\n
She will be signing copies of the book at Hearthside Books downtown during First Friday. The books are also for sale for $29.95 at the Soboleff Building, Kindred Post in Juneau, and bookstores around Southeast Alaska.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Contact CCW staff writer Mary Catharine Martin at maryc.martin@capweek.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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