While visions of gold clouded the eyes of many who ventured to the Klondike, Asahel Curtis prospected through the lens of a view camera, collecting priceless images fixed forever in light sensitive silver rather than gold. He carried with him the cumbersome tools of an itinerant photographer and followed a visual path apart from the goldseekers. Part journalist, part adventurer, part storyteller, Asahel Curtis created one of the great narratives of the Klondike gold rush. Even today, a century later, his wayside images, lamplit portraits and breathtaking landscapes lead the viewer on an odyssey of mythic proportions set against a backdrop of immense natural drama and powerful scale. To take to the trail with Asahel Curtis just open the album and imagine...