The Rasmuson Foundation has named documentary photographer James H. Barker of Fairbanks as its 2022 Distinguished Artist.
The award honors lifetime achievement in creative fields and contribution to the state’s arts and culture, and comes with an award of $40,000.
Barker photographed most parts of his life in Bethel — steam bathing, salmon processing, public meetings. After 14 years in Bethel, he moved to Fairbanks, where he became immersed in the arts community, teaching photography at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, according to the Rasmuson Foundation.the book “Yupiit Yuraryarait/Yup’ik Ways of Dancing.”
“His photographs are visual vignettes, capturing intimate moments that we normally never get to share. But whether he takes us to a seal hunt on the Bering Sea or a research trip to Antarctica, he finds beauty and reveals something universal in us all,” Diane Kaplan, Rasmuson Foundation president and CEO, said in a prepared statement.
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