Subhankar Banerjee’s current project began in 2000 as a study of the ecological and cultural diversity of the Artic National Wildlife Refuge in all four seasons. His vision has since evolved into a visual exploration of the Arctic ’s connection to larger global issues such as; resource wars, climate change, toxic migration, and human rights struggles of the indigenous northern communities. His ongoing collaboration with Gwich’in and Inupiat communities of Alaska and the Canadian Yukon, and most recently with the Yukaghir and the Even indigenous communities of Siberia focus on a tradition of sustainable land use practices that are disappearing rapidly from industrialized societies. Subhankar's photographic documentation includes several regions of the American Artic, including the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the Teshekpuk Lake Wetlands, the Utukok River Uplands, the Kasegaluk Lagoon, and the Beaufort and Chukchi seas; and the Sakha Republic of Siberia. He hopes to continue his work in the Alaskan and Siberian Arctic, and expand to the Canadian, Greenlandic, and the Norwegian Arctic in the coming years. Subhankar's Arctic project is an ongoing collaboration with renowned novelist and nature writer Peter Matthiessen.
