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I AM INUIT exhibition at the Anchorage Museum.

2/25/2017

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I AM INUIT exhibition | Brian Adams, photographer | www.amymeissner.com/blog/i-am-inuit-exhibition-at-the-anchorage-museum

"For the people who reside there, Alaska’s Arctic isn’t a curiosity, a wasteland or an untouched wilderness — it is home."

​--Anchorage Museum

I've been waiting for this photography exhibition.

​I've been following it for a year on social media, where one image a day was posted -- portraits on weekdays, images of place on the weekends -- and I've cared about the importance of such an undertaking, not only because I have the privilege of living in Alaska, but also because I have the privilege of knowing the photographer, Brian Adams.
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I AM INUIT exhibition | Brian Adams, photographer | www.amymeissner.com/blog/i-am-inuit-exhibition-at-the-anchorage-museum
I AM INUIT exhibition | Brian Adams, photographer | www.amymeissner.com/blog/i-am-inuit-exhibition-at-the-anchorage-museum
I AM INUIT exhibition | Brian Adams, photographer | www.amymeissner.com/blog/i-am-inuit-exhibition-at-the-anchorage-museum
I AM INUIT exhibition | Brian Adams, photographer | www.amymeissner.com/blog/i-am-inuit-exhibition-at-the-anchorage-museum

You've obviously noticed by now that I am no photographer. Welding an i-phone at last night's opening does zero justice to this exhibition. Folks, if you live in Anchorage, please visit the Anchorage Museum to see this work in person and read each of the interviews/descriptions alongside the 50 images (out of 500 medium format photographs) curated for this installation in the ConocoPhillips gallery, 2nd floor. For the rest of the world, please visit the I AM INUIT website, where you'll be blown away by the humanity and resonance of this project.

I AM INUIT exhibition | Brian Adams, photographer | www.amymeissner.com/blog/i-am-inuit-exhibition-at-the-anchorage-museum

You can also follow I AM INUIT on Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr or Facebook where images and interviews are posted and archived. This exhibition is a part of the Anchorage Museum's Polar Lab series -- "a reflection of the cultural, political, commercial, artistic and scientific attraction exerted by the international Arctic and subarctic" -- which seeks to connect art, science and the environment through various exhibitions and programs.
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I AM INUIT exhibition | Brian Adams, photographer | www.amymeissner.com/blog/i-am-inuit-exhibition-at-the-anchorage-museum
I AM INUIT exhibition | Brian Adams, photographer | www.amymeissner.com/blog/i-am-inuit-exhibition-at-the-anchorage-museum

​Brian gave a well-attended talk on the evening of, February 24, 2017, despite the slippery roads and intermittent freezing rain. Alaskans come out to support our artistic community, especially for someone as talented and -- as many of us agreed -- as nice as Brian. 
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I AM INUIT exhibition | Brian Adams, photographer | www.amymeissner.com/blog/i-am-inuit-exhibition-at-the-anchorage-museum
I AM INUIT exhibition | Brian Adams, photographer | www.amymeissner.com/blog/i-am-inuit-exhibition-at-the-anchorage-museum

(Even my slinking-terrified-Bethel-rescued-neurotic cat likes him.)
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I AM INUIT exhibition | Brian Adams, photographer | www.amymeissner.com/blog/i-am-inuit-exhibition-at-the-anchorage-museum

The work will travel from here to various venues, with a goal to travel the exhibition to other circumpolar countries. Follow I AM INUIT to find out where it will be heading next. In the meantime, check out Brian's website for other important work such as Disappearing Villages and Standing Rock-The Black Snake.


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One year ago on this blog: A history of relics.

Two years ago on this blog: Finer.

Other posts about the Anchorage Museum:
Hard Won.
AIDS memorial quilt in Alaska. 
​Sami stories in Alaska.


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