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This beautiful landscape was captured on the banks of the Sikanni River in British Columbia, The diagonal treeline across the river follows the route of the original Alaska Highway down to the river as it was originally built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers during World War II. The original bridge at this location was built in seventy two hours by an African American unit of the American Army, which was still segregated at the time.

I first began enjoying photography in the 1960s, back in the days of Kodachrome, Extachrome, Tri-X, Plus-X, Ilford, Fuji, and all the other wonderful films we had back then. I shot portraits, headshots, model portfolios, little league teams, rock bands, babies, weddings, bar mitzvahs, and anything else that would pay me a few bucks. I then took a detour for the better part of four decades and became a TV director. Thirty five years and eighteen thousand broadcasts later, I retired and returned to my original passion of photography. My wife Leslie also came from a strong photographic background. In fact, we met when I was dropping off some Tri-X at her family's custom black and white photo lab in West Los Angeles. You'll probably find...