Photographs of Alaska and British Columbia
Description of Photographs
A group of color photographs documents a memorial service for Dian Darlene White at Masset, Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, in June 2012 that includes images of the service as well as attendees including Mary Swanson, Christian White, and Lisa White.
A group of black-and-white photographs documents the transportation and ceremonial destruction of a wooden plaque at Bones Bay on the north side of West Cracroft Island, British Columbia, Canada, during the summer of 2012. Images document the ceremony as well as participants that included Haida wood carvers Corey Bulpitt and Christian White.
A group of color photographs documents the repatriation of a wooden screen that decorated the front of the traditional home of the Tuxekan L'eeneidi Clan (Dog Salmon Clan) at the Tlingit village of Tuxecan, Alaska, from the Smithsonian Institution in August 2013. Images include unpacking the screen from crates and assembling it at Klawock High School, which includes detail photographs of the screen, as well as portraits at a celebratory event that included Tlingit members of the Tuxekan L'eeneidi Clan, including Barbara Bean, as well as Haida individuals including Leslie Isaacs.
A group of color photographs documents totem poles installed at the Klawock Totem Park and associated potlaches during the three-day event that included Inupiat, Haida, Tlingit, Tsimshian people in August 2013. Poles installed include contributions from Alaskan Tlingit communities including the Brown Bear Peoples Clan from Kake, the Dowhiteidi Clan from Tuxekan, the North Country from Karluk, and the Shankweidi Peoples Clan from Tuxekan. Portraits of identified Tlingit individuals include wood carvers Nathan Jackson and Jonathan Rowan as well as the wife and daughter of the latter, Patricia Rowan and Eva Rowan, in addition to military veteran Alva "Dubsy" Pradavich. Portraits of identified Haida individuals include furrier Sherman Roger Alexander, attorney Lisa M. Lang, and mayor of Hydaburg, Alaska, Anthony Christianson, as well as a portrait of Tsimshian military veteran Ruth F. Buxton Snook.
A group of black-and-white photographs documents ravens (called Yaahl in Haida) in the Pacific Northwest during the summer of 2013, which relates to the Haida name of the photographer, Yaahl Huun Guuaaas (White Raven Traveling).
A group of color photographs documents murals by Haida artist Corey Bulpitt during the summer of 2013 and includes portraits of him with the works as well as with his son Koyas Bulpitt.
Individual prints are 28.5 x 43 cm. Signed and dated by the photographer on versos of prints. Titles in this guide created by the photographer.
Dates
- 2012-2013
Creator
- Luck, Owen Craig, 1947- (Photographer)
Conditions Governing Access
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Arrangement
Extent
8.0 Linear Feet (4 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Overview
Owen Luck (born 1947)
Processing Notes
Titles and image descriptions as well as arrangement provided by the photographer.
Each folder in the collection contains a single inkjet print.
- Alaska -- Pictorial works
- British Columbia -- Pictorial works
- Haida Gwaii (B.C.) -- Pictorial works
- Haida Indians -- Pictorial works
- Indians of North America -- Pictorial works
- Indians of North America -- Portraits
- Inkjet prints
- Inupiat -- Pictorial works
- Klawock (Alaska) -- Pictorial works
- Photographic prints
- Photographs
- Prince of Wales Island (Alaska) -- Pictorial works
- Ravens -- Pictorial works
- Rowan, Jonathan O., Jr. -- Portraits
- Swanson, Mary -- Portraits
- Tlingit Indians -- Pictorial works
- Totem poles -- Alaska -- Klawock -- Pictorial works
- Tsimshian Indians -- Pictorial works
- West Cracroft Island (B.C.) -- Pictorial works
- White, Christian, 1962- -- Portraits
- Title
- Guide to the Owen Luck, Photographs of Alaska and British Columbia
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- by Matthew Daniel Mason
- Date
- April 2021
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
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Location
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