[1] Active professionally from 1933 until his death, Rhode was best known for bringing wide exposure to the public about the wilds of Alaska.
While Rhode's primary income was from film and photography, he also made a significant portion of his living from panning for gold and from selling crabs and other game.
Leo Rhode served as a business, civic and political leader in Homer for many decades.
[3] While Rhode published a trove of pictures and descriptions for these and other publications, he refused to disclose the specific location in print.
[7] His colored movies were described by the National Park Service as the "finest and most authentic game pictures ever filmed in Alaska".