Charles J. Tice is a visual and literary creative in Anchorage, Alaska with an emphasis on photography and gonzo journalism. He's currently in-residence, at the Anchorage Museum, working on a project called Artist Proof #6. It’s a book that’ll feature 100 photographs of strangers, assisted by a narrative. The writing is important, he says, probably the most important part of the project. So, he works on a typewriter because it’s less about technical precision and more about getting his ideas onto the page. He says the project is a love song, and that it’s as much about discovering who he is as it is about representing his community.
Most of the work that he does is a first person narrative. He creates gonzo journalism, infusing himself into a story and becoming part of it. This was true when he quit a steady job to work on a political campaign that he believed in; It was true when he hitchhiked across the United States, photographing people and talking to them about their lives; It was true when he tracked down his birth mother; And it’s true now. Because, more often than not, his life and his work are one and the same — they’re forever intertwined and feeding off each other.
EP 47 Tlingit knowledge and art with James Johnson
EP 46 Life after dog mushing with Aliy Zirkle
EP 45 Revolutionizing how people see and understand Alaskan cuisine with Rob Kinneen
EP 44 Johnny’s Girl, a neon Anchorage and a life of her own with Kim Rich
EP 043 Digging for Alaskana with Jimmy Riordan
EP 042 Navigating two different cultures with Nyabony Gat
EP 041 The things beyond our sensorial understanding with LaMont Hamilton
EP 039 Searching for community with Young Kim
EP 038 Living Traditional Values and Innovating Indigenous Design with Rico Worl
EP 037 A life of activism with Cal Williams
EP 036 Atomic Landscapes with Photographer Ben Huff
EP 035 When a story gives itself to you with James Dommek, Jr.
EP 034 Building an Alaska-grown business with Jennifer Loofbourrow
EP 033 How a lifetime in philanthropy led to archiving the Black experience in Alaska with Julie Varee
EP 032 Kelp farming in Kodiak with Chloe Ivanoff
EP 031 The podcast that saved his life with Ralph Sara
EP 030 Creating podcasts about Alaskans with Alice Qannik Glenn, Ralph Sara and Daniel Buitrago
EP 029 Writing about a life spent living off the land with Seth Kantner
EP 028 Teen Climate Communicators on talking about climate change
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