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 While visions of gold clouded the eyes
of many who ventured to the Klondike, Asahel Curtis
prospected through the lens of a view camera, collecting
priceless images fixed forever in light sensitive silver
rather than gold. He carried with him the cumbersome
tools of an itinerant photographer and followed a visual
path apart from the goldseekers. Part journalist, part
adventurer, part storyteller, Asahel Curtis created one
of the great narratives of the Klondike gold rush. Even
today, a century later, his wayside images, lamplit
portraits and breathtaking landscapes lead the viewer on
an odyssey of mythic proportions set against a backdrop
of immense natural drama and powerful scale. To take to
the trail with Asahel Curtis just open
the album and imagine... |
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