Northwest Chapter ConferenceSpeakers

JR Ancheta

Friday, September 13, 2019 @ 4:00pm, ELIF 301

Street Photography with a Large Format Camera

JR Ancheta is a 2015 graduate of UAF with a degree in foreign languages and a minor in journalism. He began as assistant photographer for University Relations in 2012 and moved to full-time work in spring 2016, when the chief photographer retired. From December 2011 to January 2012, Ancheta embedded with soldiers from the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division in Afghanistan as a photojournalist. Ancheta enjoys digital and analog photography. His work has been published in the Anchorage Daily News, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, the UAF Sun Star and the UAF Aurora magazine. Ancheta was born in Laoag City, Philippines, and raised in Sitka.