Alaska photographer Marlena Sloss celebrates the ancestral skills that bind people to the land, where a hand-shaped stone point becomes a bridge between past and present.
“This image is from my body of work ‘the Land said,’ which asks what nature can teach us about the human experience. I made it on my grandfather’s Rolleiflex during an overnight trip with a stone age skills instructor.”
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ABOUT THE PHOTOGRAPHER
Marlena Sloss is a Juneau, Alaska-based documentary photographer whose work explores the interconnectedness of humans and the natural world. Marlena uses photography to examine how this intrinsic connection with nature shapes our sense of meaning.
She has contributed to publications including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian and The New Yorker. She holds an M.A. in Visual Communication from Ohio University and is a member of Women Photograph.
