John Lacko is an editoral photographer based in Kalamazoo Michigan. John specializes in photojournalism, sports, performance and environmental portraiture. John is the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra photographer. He has shot for over 17 years as a freelancer for the Kalamazoo Gazette. "It's not an offical event, unless you are here," joked a local offical. Additionally, he shoots for the New York Times, Zuma Press and other photo agencies. John shot all the contemporary photographs for the notable KALAMAZOO LOST AND FOUND book written by Pam O'Connor and Lynn Smith Houghton, matching historical photographs with the same scenes today.
Call John about your photographic needs, projects and ideas at 269 344-5588 or by email at john@lackophoto.com.john@lackophoto.com.
For more information about John, go to About John. All images are copyrighted by John Lacko Photography. Publication licensing is available for selected images. Prints are available of most images. Your comments and suggestions are always welcome.
UPDATE SERVICE AVAILABLE There are plenty of b&w negatives, color negatives and color transparencies that I will be scanning for these galleries. If you would like to be notified when new photos are added to your favorite gallery, just email me at john@lackophoto.com. Please mention Update Service in the subject line and the specific gallery that you are interested in. Thanks!
Here is a link to a story that I shot on autism for NPR:
http://www.npr.org/programs/day/features/2008/mar/autism/index.html
John takes pleasure in photographing great musicians and performances. He has been forunate enough to photograph the Gilmore International Keyboard Festival ever since it started 20 years ago. Here are some of the best:
http://www.thegilmoreiscoming.com/photo/collection/12/
Take a look at the Capri Drive In just west of Coldwater that I shot for the Gazette.
http://blog.mlive.com/kalamazoo_gazette_extra/2008/06/_coldwater_aaron_noel.html
9/21/09 The Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra opened its new season with a semi-staged version of Turandot Saturday evening. Check the gallery under People for the best photos of this glorious performance.
12/27/09 Enjoying the holidays here in the Phoenix area with the grand kids. The weather has been great. Haven't gotten to photograph the birds at the Water Ranch at the Riparian as much as I would like so far, but we are going to be here a while more. Planning to stop at Bosque del Apache on the way home to do some more bird photography. Bird photography here in the Southwest is more enjoyable that back in Michigan. The birds are approachable and not 80' over your head in the tree canopy.
1/1/10 I've been to the Riparian a couple of times lately. Yesterday was the best. Lots of egrets. Haven't seen much of anything but water birds. I will be going again tomorrow. I reorganized the Rt. 66 Album under Galleries into sub albums for each state.
PHOTOS PUBLISHED Two books came out recently with a few of my photos. For drag fans, check out David Rockwell's "We Were The Ramchargers." It is a very thorough history of the team and wild age of drag racing. I've learned a lot about what was going on back then, even though I was there shooting the photos. For road racers, look at John Starkey's "Lola, The Sports Prototyple & Can Am Cars" for two photos I shot at Riverside in the late sixties.
2/3/10 Still working on my photos from Canyon de Chelley, Monument Valley, Grand Canyon and Route 66 from our trip last month to Arizona. They will be on the web site soon. The reknown Department of Dance at Western Michigan University is gearing up for their Winter Dance Gala this weekend. I shot their rehearsal Monday evening. It is an impressive recital with many beautiful numbers and some funny ones too.