February First Friday at TRAX-“Alaska Captured”

January 30, 2020
When:
February 7, 2020 @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
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Where:
Trax Outdoor Center
310 Birch Hill Rd
Fairbanks, AK 99712
USA
Cost:
Free
Contact:
Trax Outdoor Center
(907)374-9600
February First Friday at TRAX-"Alaska Captured" @ Trax Outdoor Center | Fairbanks | Alaska | United States

We have some amazing photographers in Fairbanks! This First Friday is dedicated to the beautiful images they’ve taken of Alaska in all its majesty. Kourtney Gundersen, Tobias Albrigtsen, Luen Compton, and Grace Wilson will be showing their works in the Kahuna studio this February. We’ll be rocking out to live music by the Casey Smith Project and serving up delectable eats from TRAX and Friar Tucks Hoagie House. As always, ice-cold beer from HooDoo Brewing will be flowing from the TRAX tap!

 

Artists:

Kourtney Gundersen
“I have spent my entire life in Alaska. I got my first DSLR camera around 2 years ago and have been in love ever since. It has helped me to appreciate so much about the place that I live from chasing the aurora borealis to adventuring in the backcountry.”

Tobias Albrigtsen
“My name is Tobias. Pronounced “To Be Us.” I like to take pictures and explore. It’s hardest to do both at the same time, but that’s when my best art is made. Photography has been a habit that I haven’t been able to kick and it’s transforming my life. What I enjoy about saving frames in time, is that anything can happen. It’s when I am out making photos that I believe most in the impossible. When sunlight shoots through the clouds and hits me dead in the lens, I wake up from my routine life. A grand morning of photos will power my inspiration for weeks afterwards. When I’m not with camera, I can be seen running, skiing, biking, coaching, playing guitar, and, on rare occasions, working.”

Luen Compton III
“I am a simple man who enjoys using his photography as an excuse to adventure, create, and explore. Traveling all over due to my active duty military career, I’ve lived in six different states and deployed three times, twice to Afghanistan and once to United Arab Emirates. My featured photos span the United States and parts of Canada too, crossing North Carolina, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, British Columbia, and now Alaska. In addition to traditional photography, drone photography has also become a passion of mine. Originally from Maryland and now living in North Pole, AK, I aspire to challenge myself with driven effort towards new challenges. Photography creates that outlet and I can’t wait to share my adventures through the lens of the camera.”

Grace Wilson
“I am a mother, wife, photographer, local business owner and life-long resident of Fairbanks, Alaska. I am very biased, but I believe that Fairbanks is home to some of the most generous, talented, exceptional individuals anywhere! Along with my business partner, Takenya Rosetta, I specialize in wedding photography, family and senior portraits.”