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Hans Blohm

Hans-Ludwig Blohm (November 12, 1927 – December 4, 2021) was a German-born Canadian photographer and author. Over three decades, he criss-crossed the Arctic regions of Canada and Alaska, capturing images and stories of the Inuit. He drove 16 times from his home in Ottawa to different parts of the North logging from 20,500 to 25,000 km each trip. He also drove the Mackenzie Ice Road to Tuktoyaktuk on the Beaufort Sea at three occasions and explored by sailboat the remote, uninhabited fjords of Labrador.

Blohm's landscapes and portraits have appeared in many books and magazines, while twenty-three of his photographs have appeared on Canadian postage stamps. His solo photo exhibitions travelled across four continents while his 17 books, ranging from coffee-table pictorials to a collection of essays from Northerners, have sold worldwide.

Blohm also left his mark in the world of architecture, portrait and microchip photography. He died on December 4, 2021, at the age of 94. Provided by Wikipedia