Featured in Lens - The New York Times photography, video and visual journalism blog
Friday, June 10, 2011 at 12:23PM I will be lazy today and just reference you here:
http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/10/a-warm-feeling-for-the-arctic
There are a few little mistakes - I was born in Utah but raised in Oregon, Montana and California, and I would like my late father to receive the credit for being the one who first recited Robert Service to me and so created a vivid image of Alaska and the far north in my head.
Not mentioned was the fact that my recent work on the Arctic Slope and in behalf of the North Slope Borough has been motivated, inspired and pushed by the grass roots Iñupiat-driven Healthy Communities Movement to counter the effects of alcohol and drug abuse and a few of the pictures do come from that coverage and were done in that context.
That noted, Lens is one of the best things out there in online photojournalism and photography and I feel greatly honored and thankful to be featured within.
Reader Comments (22)
Congratulations Bill!
Great photos, Bill.
Congratulations Bill!!!!!
Congratulations!
Great photos Bill!
Bill, you have been incredibly inspiratoinal to myself, and I would hope to many others with the amazing work you have been providing for so many years. I can immagine the challenges of working without a company paycheck and the fact that you only earn the one you create yourself. I hope you are always indeed credited for the work you have done in the past and given your proper due credit. I thank you for the work I have experienced and hope to see much more for the years to come.
Take care,
Charlie
Kodiak???? Why have i never heard that!!!!
WOW! Congratulations Dear Uncle...!!!!
Well done Bill. Nice to see you get the attention you deserve!
Awesome! Love the nickname--how fitting, a camera and a place in Alaska!
great picture .. congratulation
great pictures. congratulations and thank you for sharing your gift with us...
Thank you Bill. Beautiful photos. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to learn about this great part of our country and the beautiful natives. Your pictures tell such a beautiful story,
YAY Bill!!!!!!! This is so awesome! You deserve all the praise ever!
Congratulations, Bill. That's well deserved!
Wonderful news! What an honor to be featured in such a fine publication! your photography and wonderful insights of a fine group of beautiful souls never cease to amaze and delight. The power shown in black and white photography, in a technicolor world shows the true essense of the subject through the lens, it is simply stunning. Thank You, Bill, for an oasis of beauty and a wellspring of wisdom.
Great Work
Excellent! Congrats!
"I really believe there are things nobody would see if I didn't photograph them."
Diane Arbus
Congrats!!!! Cyndy
It was fun to look through your photo's on the NYTimes.
As a native who grew up eating marine mammal meat (but not whales as large as bowheads) I can see how some of these photo's and bringing attention to whaling would upset some, but your lens shows nothing but the inherent respect between the beings that The Creator partnered in the Arctic to survive.
Hunters would be nothing if the whales did not offer themselves up.
Quyana and Congratulations.
So cool! Congratulations for being featured! :-)
Your love of these people really comes through in your photographs. BTW, it doesn't count as work if you love it!
I am a bit slow getting around to this, but, thank you, all, for your well-wishes and support.