The faces of Alaska

Every single day for the past three years and eight months, photographer Clark James Mishler has taken a portrait -- and he doesn't plan to stop anytime soon. Mishler has recently collected his strongest photos of fellow Alaskans into a book, "Portrait Alaska," released earlier this year.

Mishler is hopeful that his pictures of Alaska's diverse population will be a lasting representation of the fast-changing rural and urban communities in the state he has called home for 40 years. He plans to continue his portrait a day series until he reaches a full decade of photos.

In this photo, Inspirational performing artist and storyteller, Gene Tagaban, with his Raven Spirit costume, Anchorage, Alaska.

002_201208313296.mishler_c_01 — Clark James Mishler

4H kids, Caleb Glaser, Aidan Siegel, Isabella Siegel, and Jaida Vroman with their prize winning poultry entries at the Alaska State Fair, Palmer, Alaska.

Mishler named this image as one of his favorites, "I had only a few seconds and made the photograph just before someone kicked me out of the area. I love the fact that the kids and the chickens seem to match each other."

Halibut long liner, Mike Jewett, aboard the Traci J, Ketchikan, Alaska, 2010

Object Runway participant, Anchorage

Fred Dewy with his chicken, Condalisa, Anchorage

Yupik elder, Olinka K. Nicolai, at her home in the Yup'ik village of Kwethluk, Alaska

National Guard Captain Andreas Bohman, Anchorage, Alaska

Somali refugee, James Bbithow, in his new suit, Anchorage

Set net crew on the Nushagak River, Dillingham, Alaska. The Nushagak River is a river in southwest Alaska. It begins in the Alaska Range and flows southwest 280 miles to Nushagak Bay, an inlet of Bristol Bay, east of Dillingham.

Fashion designer, Alisha Jasmine Silverstein, at the Object Runway event, Anchorage

Young Inupiaq hunter, Point Hope, Alaska

Chris Frasier, Bean's Cafe, Anchorage, Alaska

Konig Martin Victor IV, downtown Anchorage

Young Yup'ik girl, Shaylene Spein, in traditional kuspuk, Kwethluk, Alaska

Pilot John Kagerer and his Super Cub, Anchorage, Alaska

Cordova resident Ann Solberg in front of a set netters' shack, Dillingham

Vera Spein arranges salmon on a drying rack at fish camp near Kwethluk, Alaska. Dried, smoked, and fresh salmon are staples of the subsistence lifestyle.

My neighbor, Wendy Isbell, shovels snow in alley behind her house, South Addition, Anchorage, Alaska

Dog walker, Carol Kvale, with frosted trees at Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage

Al "Bondigas," Ammo King, Anchorage

Anne Green at Inspirations, Anchorage

Ishmael Streever at City Market, downtown Anchorage

Street Musician, "The Hollis Surrounder," Paul Tallent, in front of the Panhandler Bar on Fourth Avenue, downtown Anchorage.

Brothers at Valley of the Moon Park, Anchorage

See more of Mishler's daily portraits on his blog

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