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 007 Art as self-preservation: Responding to social oppression through creativity, with artist and educator Thomas Chung
EP 006 Collectivism and action in design with artist and architect Tiffany Shaw-Collinge
EP 005 Indigenous identity and design in professional spaces with Métis artist and architect Tiffany Shaw-Collinge
EP 004 This is Dena’ina ełnena: Understanding histories, land and language with Anchorage Museum curator Aaron Leggett
EP 003 Recording stories of life at the poles with photographer and writer Acacia Johnson
EP 002 A conversation with writer and photographer Acacia Johnson, at home in Alaska and at the northernmost and southernmost tips of the world
EP 001 Design with purpose: A conversation with graphic designer Sebastian Garber
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