MJV returns to Alaska magazine with profile of photographer 4 July 2008 HEALDSBURG, Calif. - Matt Villano has returned to the pages of Alaska magazine with a feature about whale photographer, Flip Nicklin. The story, titled, "Whale Ambassador," is the cover story of the July/August 2008 issue. In the piece, Villano focuses on the life and times of Flip Nicklin, a former National Geographic photographer who specialized in photographing whales. The story chronicles Nicklin's experiences shooting whales. It also looks ahead to his next role, as self-proclaimed "whale ambassador" to the world. Villano researched the story over the better part of two years, spending two different whale seasons with Nicklin in Alaska. To read the story, click here. Villano debuted in Alaska magazine in 2003 with "The Insider's Passage," a first-person narrative of a backpacking trip along the Alaska Marine Highway. To read both of these articles, click here.