#273 • Johnny Johnson "Soul Mates", "Frozen Eden" & "King of the Loons" Photographs

Part of The Johnny Johnson Estate Auction (timed auction by Alaska Premier Auctions & Appraisals)

Starting at $5.00

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Bidding closes Nov 3, 2026 7:30 PM AKST

Category: Art

Three signed and numbered photographs by Alaska wildlife photographer Johnny Johnson (1947-2025). The first work, "Soul Mates", is dated circa 2006 and numbered 48/950. Johnson described the scene: "As this pair of trumpeter swans moved closer, I sat perfectly still along the waters edge. The lake's surface, a mirror of the fiery sunset above, rippled with a gold sheen as the swans glided into camera range. Trumpeter swans are the largest of seven swan species found worldwide. Weighing up to 35 lbs., once paired they remain together for life. Eighty percent of the trumpeter swan population nests in Alaska." The second work, "Frozen Eden", is dated circa 1998 and numbered 31/450. Johnson described the scene: "To make this photo of an emperor penguin rookery, nestled on the fast ice between huge tabular icebergs, I traveled by Russian icebreaker through the Indian Ocean from Capetown-South Africa to Perth-Australia. During this 7000 mile, five week voyage I photographed several colonies of emperor penguins along Antarctica's wild and rarely visited eastern coastline. Emperor penguins breed on sea-ice, in the coldest conditions endured by any bird. The juveniles are carried out to sea as the ice breaks into floes. Fully independent, the young must moult to the diving plumage of an adult coat before their ice floe disintegrates, dumping them into the sea to dive for their own fish. In this picture some chicks have begun to moult to adult plumage - can you spot them?" The third work, "King of the Loons", is dated circa 1992 and numbered 49/450. Johnson described the scene: "A yellow-billed loon in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge prepares to shift the eggs in the nest. This photo was taken at 3 a.m. in June. The yellow-billed is the largest of all loons. They nest in lakes and ponds along the Arctic Coast." All three are signed, dated, and numbered in gold leaf ink and printed on Fuji Crystal Archive Supergloss paper. The photographs are shrink-wrapped on board. The largest measures approximately 23" x 20.25".