The animals alternate direction to give a sense of balance. He made the totem pole in the Tlingit style, as seen in the color palette and the way he carved the eyes. The rugged texture is his ...

Used with permission, copyright Mike Dangeli. Some groups painted their poles while others did not. The two most common colors on the Northwest Coast totem poles are red and black. These colors have ...

The idea to shoot an ascent of the Totem Pole, a stone tower in Tasmania, came to adventure photographer Krystle Wright in a dream. Years later, as she dangled from a line she’d rigged across ...