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Tlingit totem pole made specifically as a memorial to Michio Hoshino, a famousnature photographer who was killed by a bear on Kamchatka

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Description

Tlingit totem pole made specifically as a memorial to Michio Hoshino, a famousnature photographer who was killed by a bear on Kamchatka. His home was inSitka. Michio's family did not want a portrait but note the camera aperturebeing held by the human icon.

Photographer

Dr. John Cloud

Display Date

2010 August

Location

Alaska, Sitka

NOAA Affiliation

NOAA Central Library