Neal Rantoul
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BARBAROUS COASTS, David Mattox, Neal Rantoul
David Mattox, a newcomer to professional photography, is the owner and captain of a commercial salmon fishing operation on the Upper Cook Inlet in Alaska. Fish Camp is an ongoing series of photographs documenting the life and the work that this entails. “I have worked in this camp for a decade, first for 4 years as a deckhand, and since 2008, as a permit holder, captain and owner of my own small operation. In 10 summers spent in Alaska, of all the things I have pointed my camera at, I have become most drawn to make pictures of the people that I work with because I find the allure of Alaska’s character more prominently displayed there than anywhere else on the faces of the individuals that live its narrative season after season. This character ultimately gives view to a cultural landscape that plays out on ...
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David Mattox, a newcomer to professional photography, is the owner and captain of a commercial salmon fishing operation on the Upper Cook Inlet in Alaska. Fish Camp is an ongoing series of photographs documenting the life and the work that this entails. “I have worked in this camp for a decade, first for 4 years as a deckhand, and since 2008, as a permit holder, captain and owner of my own small operation. In 10 summers spent in Alaska, of all the things I have pointed my camera at, I have become most drawn to make pictures of the people that I work with because I find the allure of Alaska’s character more prominently displayed there than anywhere else on the faces of the individuals that live its narrative season after season. This character ultimately gives view to a cultural landscape that plays out on ...