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The Children's Home
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The Children's Home
Location: Bethel
Focus:
Photographer, Photojournalist, Journalist, Videographer, Environment, Video, Photography, Educator
Covering:
Africa,
Europe,
USA & Canada
Skills:
Adobe Premier, Apple Final Cut Pro, Multimedia Production, Photojournalism, Video Editing, Film Photography
School:
University of Montana
The Children's Home
'The Children's Home' is a multimedia project documenting an abandoned orphanage and boarding school in Southwest Alaska through the words and images of people who lived there.
Nunapitsinghak is the Yup'ik name of the original place on which the home was built, it means "great, little land".
This project was funded by the Alaska Humanities Forum.
www.nunapitsinghak.com
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The church at the Children's Home, 2011
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Yup'ik Elder Esther Green, 2013
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Book in the superintendent's attic, 2011
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Inside the chapel, 2011
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Yup'ik Elder Manny Konig, 2013
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Mattress in the grass, 2011
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Inside the boy's dorm, 2014
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Abandoned classroom, 2014
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Yup'ik Elder Anna Alexie, 2013
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A child's coat, 2011
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Inside the boy's dorm, 2011
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Abandoned bag of DDT in the Superintendent's house, 2011
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Yup'ik Elder, Edith Ashepak, 2013
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Abandoned desk, 2014
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