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Turnagain Arm, Alaska.

Yoel Schulgasser blows out the ...Tamar Ben-Yosef, made his cake.

Yoel Schulgasser blows out the candles on his birthday cake at his fifth birthday party in midtown Anchorage. His mother (left) Tamar Ben-Yosef, made his cake.

Kids dunk for fish heads at the...food Festival in Sitka, Alaska.

Kids dunk for fish heads at the Sitka Seafood Festival in Sitka, Alaska.

Rose Consenstein, 3 at the time...nd putting on a princess dress.

Rose Consenstein, 3 at the time of this photo, has a tantrum in her backyard after having a cupcake and putting on a princess dress.

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Ben Clayton, 65, retired fire captain, has his hair cut at Bunn's Barber Shop on 4th Avenue in downtown Anchorage. Clayton says that Alaska has always been within reach to nucelar weapons, but that Alaska has millitary bases whose job it is to fend of these threats. The difference with current affairs, he says, is the diplomatic style of our current leadership in Washington. "It's a true black swan event," he says.

Salmon strips hang to dry. Homer, Alaska. October 2020.

Signs for a strip mall in Ancho...ska. September 2018./ASH ADAMS

Signs for a strip mall in Anchorage, Alaska. September 2018./ASH ADAMS

Downtown Anchorage, Alaska.

JBER (Joint Base Elmendorf-Rich... people in Alaska are veterans.

JBER (Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson), as seen from Arctic Valley. Anchorage has a very visible millitary presence, and 1 in 3 people in Alaska are veterans.

Tina Cramer Showers holds a hea... her home in Anchorage, Alaska.

Tina Cramer Showers holds a headscarf she was given when she began chemo. Showers, a veteran, has survived two different kinds of cancer. Showers raises her 9-year-old grandson, Brighton, at her home in Anchorage, Alaska.

The fence outside of the Americ... Post 1 in Anchorage, Alaska.Â

The fence outside of the American Legion Jack Henry Post 1 in Anchorage, Alaska.Â

The wetlands across from artist...t she feels would endanger it.

The wetlands across from artist Rika Mouw's home in Homer, Alaska. Mouw feels passionately that she needs to help protect the wetlands, and tries to do so by buying up property and fighting legislation that she feels would endanger it.

View of the hillside neighborho...ska. Septebmer 2018./ASH ADAMS

View of the hillside neighborhoods of Anchorage, Alaska. Septebmer 2018./ASH ADAMS

The Sunday service at the Congr...iverse neighborhood in the U.S.

The Sunday service at the Congregational Christian Church of American Samoa in Alaska on Mountain View Drive lets out. Some social scientist have determined that the neighborhood of Mountain View is the most diverse neighborhood in the U.S.

The Mountain View Car Wash in Anchorage, Alaska.

Hmong attire and jasmine rice a...Asian Market in Mountain View.

Hmong attire and jasmine rice are just some of the offerings at New Asian Market in Mountain View.

Girls in Shishmaref, Alaska. Sh...ng on the village's plans.

Girls in Shishmaref, Alaska. Shishmaref is one of severa l villages facing relocation due to climate change. The village voted in the summer of 2016 to relcoate, and are currently working on the village's plans.

Caribou hides hang in Shishmaref, Alaska.

View from South Addition, Ancho...ka. September 2018./ ASH ADAMS

View from South Addition, Anchorage, Alaska. September 2018./ ASH ADAMS

Dipnetters on the Kenai. July 2017.

ANCHORAGE, ALASKA -- July 2018. Fish cooler./ASH ADAMS

A man walks by a building in th...airview in downtown Anchorage.

A man walks by a building in the neighborhood of Fairview in downtown Anchorage.

A sink in the Gary and Rojo Swa...er seen as a viable investment.

A sink in the Gary and Rojo Swan's home in Kivalina, Alaska. Kivalina is one of several villages that will move in the near future due to effects caused by climate change. The village's homes do not have running water; because it's been known that Kivalina would need to move for decades, plumbing was never seen as a viable investment.

Children play in Mountain View....uent neighborhoods in the city.

Children play in Mountain View. The northeast Anchorage neighborhood of Mountain View has been revealed as the most diverse in the nation by census information, but while the area is rich with culture, according to the last census 19% of households are living below the poverty line. As with most areas experiencing poverty, Mountain View experiences more crime than more affluent neighborhoods in the city.

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Flying out of Kotzebue, Alaska. Flying is a part of the Alaskan condition. Much of the state is not accessible by road, and so bush planes are a frequent mode of transportation.

A baby moose in Kincaid Park in Anchorage, Alaska.

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Vic Fischer, 94, in his home in Anchorage, Alaska. Fischer, who is one of the last living members of the Constitutional Convention, says that Alaska is where he feels most at home.

Hannah Heimbuch, 31, shows a ta...at of her own with her brother.

Hannah Heimbuch, 31, shows a tattoo of one of Bristol Bay's salmon-inspired Apayo Moore's paintings. Heimbuch is a commercial fisherman who is involved at the organizational level in the fishing community and just bought her first boat of her own with her brother.

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Richard Crook displays two of his tatoos; his wife of almost 48 years on his right arm, and a bald eagle on his left. Crook, who served in the navy for 6 years, is currently the chaplain for the American Legion Riders in Anchorage, Alaska. He says that the community of friends he sees reguarly, like on nights like tonight at the American Legion Jack Henry Post 1, are like family to him. "These are the best people you'd ever want to be associated with," he says.

Ann Evans' dogs walk on th...i, octopus, and seaweed greens.

Ann Evans' dogs walk on the reef off of the coast of Nanwalek. The traditional saying goes, "When the tide is out, the table is set," and Evans and her family abides by this tradition and head to the reef at low tide to harvest bidarki, octopus, and seaweed greens.

A freshly caught octopus on the...i, octopus, and seaweed greens.

A freshly caught octopus on the reef of Nanwalek. The traditional saying goes, "When the tide is out, the table is set," and Evans and her family abides by this tradition and head to the reef at low tide to harvest bidarki, octopus, and seaweed greens.

People fish in Ship Creek durin...our of day that the tide is in.

People fish in Ship Creek during high tide on Thursday, July 6, 2017. During the salmon season, fishermen can be seen on the banks of Ship Creek at any hour of day that the tide is in.

An apartment building at sunset in Mountain View.

Moutain View Drive.

A sign outside of Arctic Roadru...ger joint, on November 8, 2016.

A sign outside of Arctic Roadrunner, local Anchorager burger joint, on November 8, 2016.

Near Portage Glacier, about 50 ...rage and 5 miles from Whittier.

Near Portage Glacier, about 50 miles southeast of downtown Anchorage and 5 miles from Whittier.

Road from Arctic Valley in Anch...ska. September 2018./ASH ADAMS

Road from Arctic Valley in Anchorage, Alaska. September 2018./ASH ADAMS

CORDOVA, ALASKA - Tuesday, May ...acility in Cordova. /ASH ADAMS

CORDOVA, ALASKA - Tuesday, May 18, 2021: Tesia Bobrycki, the Director of Regenerative Economy with the Native Conservancy, while processing freshly harvested sugar kelp at a facility in Cordova. /ASH ADAMS