For Immediate Release
October 28, 2021
Atomic Island, Ben Huff Solo Exhibit
November 5, 2021-January 29, 2022
Ben Huff, Kulluk Bay Neighborhood, Sweeper Cove, 2017Juneau – The Alaska State Museum presents photographer Ben Huff’s new work, Atomic Island, a portrait of the abandoned WWII and Cold War Naval outpost on the Aleutian Island of Adak. The island, instrumental in the disruption of a mainland advance during WWII, and later a nuclear submarine surveillance post, was abandoned by the Navy in 1997. At its height, the island housed over 6,000 people; today fewer than 100 call Adak home full-time. Huff uses his own large-format color photographs, mixed with archival images from the Alaska State Library, to show the past and present of a forgotten island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
The exhibition opens Friday, November 5 at 4:00 pm. At 6:00 pm in the APK lecture hall, Huff will give a talk about his travels to Adak and his process of making photographs. The lecture will be recorded for later broadcast and available online courtesy of KTOO 360TV, at ktoo.org/show/at-the-apk/. To prevent or slow the spread of COVID-19, the Alaska State Library, Archives, and Museum at the APK in Juneau will have limited capacity in the galleries as well as limited seating in the lecture hall.
Huff will provide in-person exhibition walk-throughs throughout the duration of his exhibit, including:
Ben Huff is one of six artists selected for the Alaska State Museum 2020-2023 Solo Artist Exhibition Series, along with artists Alison Bremner Naxshageit, Sonya Kelliher-Combs, Gail Priday, Jannah Sexton-Atkins, and Mitch Watley.
A person experiencing a disability who needs accommodation for events hosted by the Alaska State Library, Archives, and Museum can contact the Division’s ADA coordinator at (907) 465-2912. Please contact us a week in advance so we can make any necessary arrangements.
Winter hours at the Museum are Tuesday-Saturday, 10 am-4 pm. Discounted winter admission is $9, with those age 18 and under admitted free. An annual pass that allows unlimited visits to the Alaska State Museum and the Sheldon Jackson Museum in Sitka is available for $40. Assistance is available for visitors who have special needs. Please contact visitor services at 465-2901 before the visit.
Media Contact:
Patience Frederiksen
Director, Division of Libraries, Archives and Museums
907.465.2911
patience.frederiksen@alaska.gov
lam.alaska.gov
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