An exhibit opened Wednesday night at the Dena’ina Center that looks at the work of Bill Hess, and his 40 years of photographing Alaska Native veterans.
Large panels with portraits and candid photographs lined the way into the Dena’ina’s main convention hall Wednesday. The photos were accompanied by detailed captions about the lives of each veteran they depicted.
The work unveiled Wednesday has been culled from four decades of pictures that Hess, now 73, has snapped at veterans’ ceremonies. It also includes sit-down portraits of veterans he met along the way.Hess has been working long enough, however, to know that Alaska Native veterans don’t get nearly enough appreciation. Out of all the ethnic groups in the nation, Alaska Natives have the highest rate of service to their country – and yet as a people, Hess said they’ve been treated terribly.
“Our people are adaptable – we can adapt to any situation, anything that comes our way,” he said. “That is our strength.”
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