I am a photographer and writer based in Anchorage, Alaska. 2016 marked my 25th year as a professional photographer. I am probably best known for my long-term, Alaska photography projects. I also work with a variety of editorial clients, both as a photographer and writer, with an emphasis on natural history and environmental travel assignments. I have worked on documentary films as a location scout, camera operator and sound recorder. My fine art prints are in numerous private and public collections in Alaska and North America. I have been teaching classes on photography since 1995 and have been guiding back-country trips throughout Alaska since 2003.
I can be contacted at carl@photographalaska.com phone: 907-646-1075
Books
Alaska Range: Exploring the Last Great Wild (monogram) Mountaineers Books, 2016
Chugach State Park: Alaska's Backyard Wilderness (monogram) Greatland Graphics, 2012
Creative Alaska, University of Alaska Press, 2016
Les Plus Belles Montagnes Du Monde, Glenat publishing (France), 2014
Art of Seeing, Alcove Books, 2008
Through Another Lens, Charis Wilson, North Point Press, 1998. Author photographer and in charge of archiving and reproducing Charis Wilson's Edward Weston print collection.
Featured Print Portfolios
The Alaska Range, interview and portfolio, Mountain Magazine, 2017
Alaska Range Portfolio, Escapism magazine (UK), 2017
Protecting Nowhere, Alaska Sporting Journal, 2017
Alaska Range:Exploring The Last Great Wild, book excerpt and portfolio, Coast magazine, 2016
Rock and Ice: Carl Battreall's Alaska Range Book, book excerpt and portfolio, We Alaskans, ADN, 2016
Alaska Range: Exploring The Last Great Wild, book review and portfolio, Anchorage Press, 2016
True Wilderness, portfolio, Alaska magazine, 2015
Meet Your Neighbors, exhibit review and cover, Anchorage Press, 2014
Chugach State Park: A Year of Photographs, portfolio, Alaska magazine, 2012
Chugach State Park: Alaska At It's Best, portfolio, Alaska Dispatch, 2012
Vanishing Ice, portfolio, Alaska magazine, 2010
Project Mayham, interview, Climbing magazine, 2007
Alaska's Ice, portfolio, Nature's Best, 2007
Carl Battreall-Photographs, portfolio, Lenswork, 1997
Featured Online Portfolios
Mountain Journey, 2017
Sierra, 2017
Atlas, 2015
Planet Mountain, 2015
Project Pressure, 2014
Alpinist, 2014
Mother Nature Network, 2014
Adventure Journal, 2013
Alaska Dispatch 2010, 2102, 2014, 2016
Editorial, Commercial and Stock Clients
National Geographic, National Geographic Adventure, NBC Television, Rock and Ice, Alpinist, Climbing, Bicycling, Adventure Cyclist, Alaska magazine, Landscape Photography Magazine, Outdoor Photographer, Adventure Journal, Nature Photographers Magazine, Outside Magazine, Polo Magazine, Sony, Skhoop, Alpin, Montbell, Patagonia, Arcteryx, Naneu Bags, DK publishing, Falcon Press, Mountaineers Books, Alaska Wilderness calendars, Alaska Time calendars, Sierra Engagement calendars
Non-Profit Clients
Alaska Conservation Foundation, Alaska Center for the Environment, Adventurers and Scientists for Conservation, United States Forest Service, Denali National Park and Preserve, Anchorage Park Foundation, Bristol Bay Native Corporation
Other Media
Exploring the Alaska Range, radio interview, Outdoor Explorer, Alaska Public Media, 2016
Outdoor Photography in Alaska, radio interview, Outdoor Explorer, Alaska Public Media, 2015
Remote and Wild Along the 650 Mile Alaska Range, video interview, Alive Photo, 2015
Exploring Alaska's Glaciers, radio interview, Outdoor Explorer, Alaska Public Media, 2014
Fat Bike, A documentary film by Carl Battreall, 2009
Collections
The American Alpine Club Library
The American Museum of Mountaineering, Golden, CO
Anchorage Museum of Art
Alaska Museum of Science and Nature
Eagle River Nature Center
Alaska Conservation Foundation
Rasmuson Foundation
Anchorage Park Foundation
Municipality of Anchorage
University of Alaska, Anchorage
Awards, Residencies, Commissions
National Endowment for the Arts-Alaska State Council on the Arts, Career Opportunity Grant, 2017
Resident Speaker, Denali Cabins-North Face Lodge, Denali National Park, 2015
Alaska State Council on the Arts, 1% for Arts Commission, University of Alaska, Anchorage, 2014
YEP documentary film, commissioned by the Anchorage Park Foundation, 2013
MYN Public Art in Community Centers, Commissioned by the Anchorage Park Foundation, 2012
Audience Choice, Fat Bike, Boston Bike Film Festival
Best of the Festival, Fat Bike, Anchorage International Film Festival, 2009
Rasmuson Artist Fellowship, 2008
Alaska Conservation Foundation, Daniel Housberg Wilderness Image Award, 2007
Exhibits
Alaska Range: Photograpy by Carl Battreall, Bradford Washburn American Museum of Mountaineering, Golden CO, 2017
National Parks of Alaska and Hawaii, G2 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, 2017
Living Alaska: A Decade of Collecting Contemporary Art in Alaska Museums, state wide traveling exhibit, Alaska, 2016-2017
Meet Your Neibours: Photographs of the Hidden World of Anchorage City Parks by Carl Battreall, Middle Way Cafe, Anchorage, Alaska, 2012
World's Leading Conservation Photographers, 8th World Wilderness Congress, Egan Center, Anchorage, Alaska, 2005
Carl Battreall- Photographs, Exhibit Introduction by Ken Gregg, President of the Center for Photographic Art, Pacific Grove Art Center, 1997
Carl Battreall- Photographs, Zone VI Gallery, Dayton, Ohio, 1997
Center Awards Exhibit, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, California, 1996
Natural History Photography Exhibit, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1996
Photographers for Peace, Santa Cruz Art League, 1994, 1993
Video, Sound Recording and Location Scouting Clients
Discover Channel, Travel Channel, Glacier Productions, Bob Poole Films, Florian Schulz Productions, Patagonia, Affinity Films.
Other info:
Mountaineering instructor, mountain bike coach, xc-ski coach and back-country guide. I have explored over two hundred glaciers and led over forty back-country trips in Alaska. Made two, 40+ day, solo traverses through the Nepal Himalaya (while carrying my 4x5 view camera). Led the first fat bike expedition across the Kobuk Dunes, northern most active sand dunes on Earth. I have an awesome son, wonderful wife and wild dog. Trying to master the art of ceramics.