By Richard Mack on December 24, 2008
On December 21st, about 500 folks gathered at Arlington Cemetery, the site of the National Memorial Cairn, a gift from the people of Scotland to the United States honoring the 270 victims of the terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland twenty years ago. It was a time to come together and [...]
Posted in Editorial Photography, Politics, seeing |
By Richard Mack on November 19, 2008
Once again, and in that spirit I talked about last time of getting political, there is no better time nor cause for photographers or publisher’s to make their voices heard over than the Orphans Works bill in the House and Senate. Very powerful lobbying groups have pushed this cause to the detriment of individual artists, [...]
Posted in Politics, Quiet Light Publishing |
By Richard Mack on November 11, 2008
It has been a week since the election, and the Barak Obama euphoria may have worn of only slightly, but it has been replaced by the hope for which he so eloquently spoke of during his campaign. I have seen it in the faces of my friends, I have heard it when a car [...]
Posted in Obama, Politics, Quiet Light Publishing |
By Richard Mack on April 14, 2008
I returned from my shoot last week in Great Smoky Mountain National Park to learn the very sad news that the finest book printer in the US, The Stinehour Press, had ceased operations. They have been lauded by, among others, the Washington Post, as the finest fine book printer – and by the many [...]
Posted in Books, Politics, publishing, Quiet Light Publishing |