Today we learned my book Great Smoky Mountains National Park: Fifty Years of American Landscapes has been named a winner in two categories in the 26th annual Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards. We won the Silver Award in both the Nature Book and Art Book categories!
I am humbled and proud to have won the Silver Awards with so many entries from around the world. You always hope people like your work, and it is gratifying to receive such recognition.
The Foreword INDIES recognize the best books published in 2023 from independent and university presses, as well as self-published authors.
With over 2,400 entries submitted across 55 categories, this year’s competition showcased the remarkable talent and diversity of the independent publishing industry. Foreword’s dedicated editors carefully selected approximately 12 finalists per genre, which were then presented to individual librarians and booksellers entrusted with the challenging task of determining the Gold, Silver, Bronze, and Honorable Mention winners.
Here is a short trailer for the new book Great Smoky Mountains National Park: Five Decades of American Landscapes which will be in our hands shortly! After 10 years of not changing anything in this best selling book in Great Smoky Mountains National Park stores I thought it would be good to change up this third printing by adding new work. I’ve added 55 new images and redesigned which images are where in the the book. The printing by ArtBookPrinting who worked with us on this version. The print quality is the best I’ve experienced! Each image has more detail than beofre, I went through each image in Lightroom/Photoshop and pulled out more details than before which the presses could now handle.
I also want to thank my designer Rich Nickel, John Manos for editing the copy and of course Steve Kemp for writing the foreword and chapter pieces. A book like this is truely a work of collaboration! Thank you to all who worked with me on this book.
Quiet Light Publishing is pleased to announce the release of our three beautiful coffee table books as eBooks! The Lewis & Clark Trail: American Landscapes and Great Smoky Mountains National Park – Thirty Years of American Landscapes by photographer Richard Mack along with Their Love of Music by photographer Stephen Azzato are now online in our shop. While we still believe there is nothing better than holding a real book in your hands and turning the pages to appreciate the images and delve into the book in a very personal way we understand many people like to have everything at their finger tips. The eBooks are Adobe PDF’s so you will need the free Acrobat Reader to read them on any platform.
The multiple award
winning first edition of The Lewis & Clark TrailAMERICAN
LANDSCAPES which chronicle’s the landscape along the trail of The
Corp’s of Discovery. This book has won over a dozen awards, including two
Silver Medals in the Benjamin Franklin Book Awards for Best Coffee Table Book
and Best Nature Book. Photographer Richard Mack has brought the vistas and
majesty of the Lewis & Clark Trail to life in a magnificent set of 248
color photographs. Richard spent two years visiting key locations along the
Lewis & Clark Trail by plane, auto, and on foot, shooting specific
locations at the same time of year as was originally experienced. The result is
an extraordinary set of images capturing the incredible diversity of the
American landscape in different seasons. ISBN: 978-0-9753954-0-0 Hardbound
11″ x 13 ” edition, 256 pages with 248 color images.
In Richard’s book Great Smoky Mountains National Park –
Thirty Years of American Landscapes he trained his camera on the beauty in
Great Smoky Mountains National Park photographer Richard Mack has assembled his
images into a collection of exquisite images. This book showcases the park’s
various sections and includes text by the park interpreter about each area.
These images also trace some of the changes in the park which have occurred
over the last thirty years. This is a great addition to anyone’s library, but
especially this year – the 75th Anniversary of the park. Winner of multiple
awards including the 2011 International Book Award for Photography – Nature!
“The ultimate photo book of Great Smoky Mountains
National Park. If you love the Smokies, you need this book on your coffee
table. It’s the ultimate photo tribute to the park. It’s all here: landscapes,
flora, fauna, four seasons of glorious nature.”, Great Smoky Mountains
National Park website.
In Their Love of Music photographer Steve Azzato has
captured the essence of the creative spirit in the faces and words of the
musicians themselves. Featuring portraits of 117 artists, the book takes a
slightly different approach to music photography than typically seen. “The
beauty of this project for me was being able to sit with a huge range of
musicians and explore what drew them to their art”, says Azzato. “I was able to
hear it in their voices and record it visually in their images”. In the simple
quiet of a green room, without the crowds or bandmates or tour managers,
Azzato’s photographs transcend the chaos of the stage and the intensity of the
studio to reveal the inner spirit that drives each of his subjects. Winner
of the International Book Award for Photography – People. ISBN:
978-0-9753954-3-1 11x 13″, 252
Pages, 117 artists images
The First Official Night Game at the Chicago Cubs Wrigley Field
On 8/8/88 the Chicago Cubs tried to have their first night game at Wrigley Field but mother nature did not cooperate! The rooftop I had access to shoot from for the first night game had been bought out by National Geographic. But they didn’t secure a second night which gave me the opportunity to be there that night. I used a 2 ¼ 360 degree film camera to make this image during the game. It was a beautiful night and especially for us Cubs fans with the Cubs beating the Mets 6-4! Let there be lights…
We are pleased to announce the Quiet Light Workshop schedule for 2015 with three workshops, two in Great Smoky Mountains National Park and one in Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore along Lake Superior!
Quiet Light Workshops offer Photography Workshops focused on nature & landscapes, travel and trips to some of the best places in the world. Geared to the amateur and advanced amateur photographer looking for the chance to learn from experts in the field. Our photo workshops are designed to take you to some of the best landscapes in the world. During each workshop you will have ample time both in the field and in the classroom to hone your skills with your camera and in the digital world of photography today. Learn tips on Photoshop and converting your images into great looking prints, workflow management, color balances and color calibration to get consistent results in your work.
These are hands-on, in the field workshops with Richard. You will be in surroundings that get your creative juices flowing and will serve as a wonderful photographic classroom. At the end of the day, images will be reviewed and discussed as a group. Techniques will be shared and Richard will work with each of you to improve upon what you’ve shot. The take-away from this workshop will be a better knowledge of how to make your equipment work to the best of its ability, a new understanding of composition, lighting, filters, etc. and a plethora of tips to make your images get the “wow” response.
Do you have a place you’d like to see one of our workshops in? Let us know!
For information about each of these workshops just click on the links. Each workshop is limited to twelve members so sign up fast! Check out more at Quiet Light Workshops!
