The GREAT ALASKA PROJECT

The Great Alaska Project is a year long documentary and fine art photography project undertaken by Joshua Klein to create a visual record of Alaska at a critical moment of its ecological and cultural history. Spurred by the accelerating effects of climate change and the recent opening of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil exploration, this project will create a large body of photographs that will function both as a work of fine art and as a catalyst for wilderness conservation & cultural preservation.

The Great Alaska Project requires financial support because the work it demands — and the scale at which it must be done to matter — cannot be accomplished without significant resources.

Twenty weeks of fieldwork across one of the most remote and logistically challenging landscapes on Earth requires bush flights into roadless wilderness, ferry passages through the Inside Passage, and guides & Indigenous consultants who can open doors that no outsider can open alone. This is not a project that can be executed from a distance or on a modest budget — it requires full immersion across four seasons, in conditions that range from the frozen Arctic winter to the midnight sun of the Alaskan summer.

Online donations can be made on this website.

For donations larger than $1500, please consider sending via wire transfer (preferred) or check. Please email alaska@joshuatreestudio.com for instructions.

Thank you for your support.

All contributions are tax-deductible.