Against an endless horizon of white, the Inuit built a world. For generations, their lives were shaped by the rhythm of the hunt and the feel of the changing seasons. As that world was beginning to change forever, a new technology, the camera, arrived. Look closely at these 30 photographs because you’ll see more than just history. You’ll find the quiet determination in a hunter’s eyes, the shared warmth aboard a sled, and the easy laughter of a people as resilient as the land itself. These are the gripping images that tell the stories of the Inuit and the icy world they called home.
#1 Inuit Woman Ice Fishing With Poles And A Pile Of Fish, Alaska, 1906
Image source: Beverly Bennett Dobbs
#2 Inuit Children, Nome, Alaska, Between 1901 And 1911
Image source: Beverly Bennett Dobbs
#3 Dog Team Carrying United States Mail, Alaska
Image source: Beverly Bennett Dobbs
#4 Inuit Family
Image source: Carpenter, Frank G. (Frank George)
#5 Inuit Woman From Nome, Alaska, C. 1906
Image source: Beverly Bennett Dobbs
#6 Cape Prince Of Wales Inuit And Reindeer With Sleds Of Reindeer Meat For The Nome Market, Seward Peninsula, Alaska, Between 1900 And 1910
Image source: Beverly Bennett Dobbs
#7 Mother And Child
Image source: Lomen Bros
#8 Studio Portrait Of Eskimo Woman Dressed In Moose Fur Parka With Seal Bladder Boots Seated With Several Coil Baskets, Nome, 1903
Image source: Beverly Bennett Dobbs
#9 Inuit Man Dressed In A Fur Parka, Pants And Boots Holding A Stick, Alaska, 1903
Image source: Beverly Bennett Dobbs
#10 Inuit Mother Wearing Long Fabric Skirt And Fur Parka, Standing With Baby On Her Back Near Encampment, Nome, Alaska, Between 1905 And 1910
Image source: Beverly Bennett Dobbs
#11 Photograph Of Nowadluk/Nowadlook (Nora) Ootenna Wearing A Coat With A Fur Collar
Image source: Beverly Bennett Dobbs
#12 Inuit Child In Fur Parka, Alaska
Image source: Beverly Bennett Dobbs
#13 An Inuit Woman With Her Child
Image source: Beverly Bennett Dobbs
#14 Inuit Girls Named Eged Lena And Keat Kona, Wearing Cotton Dresses On Beach At Nome, Alaska
Image source: Beverly Bennett Dobbs
#15 Portrait Of Inuit Man In Fur Parka, Circa 1906
Image source: Beverly Bennett Dobbs
#16 Inuit Man Known As Happy Jack Wearing Fur Parka With Pieced Hem, Circa 1906
Image source: Beverly Bennett Dobbs
#17 Inuit Girl Named Minnie
Image source: Beverly Bennett Dobbs
#18 Inuit Children Wearing Fur Parkas Posed Outside Of A School, Cape Prince Of Wales, Alaska, Between 1901 And 1911
Image source: Beverly Bennett Dobbs
#19 Sitting Under A Fish Drying Rack, Alaska, Between 1901 And 1911
Image source: Beverly Bennett Dobbs
#20 Two Inuit Girls Wearing Fur Parkas, Nome, Alaska, Circa 1903
Image source: Beverly Bennett Dobbs
#21 Inuit Herder With Reindeer, Alaska, Between 1900 And 1910
Image source: Beverly Bennett Dobbs
#22 Studio Portrait Of Young Inuit Man In Skin Parka With Fur Trim, Nome, 1904
Image source: Beverly Bennett Dobbs
#23 Iñupiat Boy Kituk Standing On Fur Rug In The Studio, Nome, Alaska
Image source: Dobbs, B. B. (Beverly Bennett)
#24 Studio Portrait Of Inuit Man With Mustache And Wavy Hair In Fur Parka , 1905
Image source: Beverly Bennett Dobbs
#25 Portrait Of Inuit Woman With Chin Tattoo Wearing An Elaborate Fur Parka, Alaska, Between 1903 And 1908
Image source: Beverly Bennett Dobbs
#26 Nowadlook, An Inuit Women, Dressed In Fur Parka, Alaska, 1907
Image source: Beverly Bennett Dobbs
#27 Five Inuit Children Standing Next To Building, Nome, 1905
Image source: Beverly Bennett Dobbs
#28 Inuit Man With Labret Seated Cross-Legged On The Floor, And Holding Drill, With Boy Seated On A Bunk In The Background, Alaska
Image source: Beverly Bennett Dobbs
#29 Four Young Girls, Alaska, 1903
Image source: Beverly Bennett Dobbs
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