Ӱpro Positive
Ӱpro Positive, a statewide-juried photographic art exhibition, opens at on November 22nd, 2025.
Now in its 53rd year, Ӱpro Positive is organized and toured by the Ӱpro State Museum. Its purpose is to encourage the practice of photography as an art form in Ӱpro. Ӱpro Positive will be on exhibit in our Ross Berry Ӱpro Art Gallery through February 22nd, 2026.
Juried by documentary and fine art photographer Camille Seaman, the exhibit presents a selection of 35 photographs from 24 photographers.
Guest Juror Camille Seaman
Photo by Tala Parker
Sea Ice Remnant - Svalbard July 17 2008
Photo by Camille Seaman
Guest juror Camille Seaman believes “art is not only important; it is necessary for us to communicate what is happening with our planet.” Her photographs concentrate on the fragile environment of the polar regions, reminding us “we are of this Earth, and we only get one.”
Matt Johnson received the Juror’s Choice Award for his photograph Field Jacket. Field Jacket is printed with pigment ink on watercolor paper. It depicts a canvas hunting jacket suspended above a beach, near the mouth of Ship Creek in Anchorage.
Friends of the Ӱpro State Library, Archives, and Museum sponsored the awards.
Camille Seaman’s lecture at the Ӱpro State Museum is available on YouTube.