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Kluane Poster
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Bradford Washburn A small tributary glacier
Bradford Washburn A small tributary glacier
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Bradford Washburn, Mount Queen Mary
Bradford Washburn, Mount Queen Mary
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Bradford Washburn, Mount St. Elias looking southwest
Bradford Washburn, Mount St. Elias looking southwest
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w©Sebastião Salgado - Amazonas images, 2011
Kaskawulsh Glacier, w©Sebastião Salgado
Kaskawulsh Glacier, w©Sebastião Salgado
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w ©Sebastião Salgado - Amazonas images, 2011
Saint Claire Creek, w ©Sebastião Salgado
Saint Claire Creek, w ©Sebastião Salgado
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w©Sebastião Salgado - Amazonas images, 2011
Walsh Glacier over icefield, w©Sebastião Salgado
Walsh Glacier over icefield, w©Sebastião Salgado
A new exhibition of black and white photographs of Kluane National Park and Reserve’s high mountain country, Encounters with the Sublime, opens on November 3, 2013 at the Haines Junction Convention Centre. The exhibition, curated by the Yukon Arts Centre’s Jessica Vellenga, compares and contrasts works by two internationally known photographers of different eras: Sebastião Salgado and Bradford Washburn. It will run until the end of November.
All are welcome at the free opening event, from 4 to 6 p.m. on Sunday, November 3. Light refreshments will be provided.
Salgado, one of today’s most renowned photojournalists, recently completed an eight-year project entitled Genesis, sponsored by UNESCO, “designed to reconnect us to how the world was before humanity altered it almost beyond recognition.” Kluane National Park was one of his destinations. He very generously donated prints to Parks Canada for use in free local exhibitions. Salgado’s work can be sampled at his web site: amazonasimages.com
Bradford Washburn was a mountaineer, museum director and self-taught photographer who first visited the Kluane area in the 1930’s, making the first ascent of Mt. Lucania, then North America’s highest unclimbed summit. He pioneered large-format aerial photography, initially to document his climbs and assist in planning future climbs. His innate talent became very apparent: Ansel Adams described him a “roving genius of mind and mountains.” Washburn, though deceased, is represented by Panopticon Gallery, panopticongallery.com.
Former Kluane park interpreter Brent Liddle remembers Bradford Washburn well. He will give a presentation on early explorations of the highest mountains in Canada, including the exploits of Washburn and other "Pioneers of the St. Elias" in the Haines Junction Convention Centre at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday November 12, 2013.
Parks Canada, the Yukon Arts Centre, and the Village of Haines Junction are partnering to produce this exhibition, which will also be offered in Whitehorse in March 2014. Funding is being provided by the Yukon Government through an Arts Fund grant to the Village of Haines Junction.
