John Lacko is an editoral photographer based in Kalamazoo Michigan. John specializes in photojournalism, sports, performance and environmental portraiture. John won the 2010 Golden Word Award as the Communicator of the Year from the local communication group, InterCom. John is the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra and Gilmore Keyboard Festival 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
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
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.
2/9/10 Just updated the Route 66 galleries with new photos from this years trip. Now, I have to work on the other Southwestern destinations that I shot on the trip.
4/27/10 The Gilmore Keyboard Festival has begun and I am once again enjoying the opportunity to photograph some of the worlds best pianists. While my mother is a great player, unfortunately little if any of her musical talent passed to me, despite 10 years of lessons when I was a kid. However, I enjoy all types of piano music, so I am pleased to watch through the long Canon glass and listen. Here is a link to the daily updated Gilmore 2010 Festival photo gallery with my photos.
http://www.gilmorekeyboardfestival.org/photo/collection/16/
The Gazette has a gallery of my photos from previous festivals. Here is a link.
http://photos.mlive.com/kalamazoogazette/2010/04/john_lackos_photos_from_gilmor_15.html
And I have a gallery of my favorites from previous festivals under the Galleries heading at the top of this page.
And yes, I am still working on the photos from Canyon de Chelley, Monument Valley, Grand Canyon, Bosque Del Apache and more from December and January.
5/25/10 The Golden Word Awards dinner was held last Thursday evening. Local radio personality, newspaper columnist and poet Buddy Hannah and I were awarded the 2010 Tony Griffin Golden Word Award. Good friend Tony Dugal shot photos. Here is a link to a gallery:
http://gallery.mac.com/anthonydugal
Username is golden and the password is word. Take a look.
6/9/10 Just added a album of photos of the latest Grand Experience at the Gilmore Car Museum under Galleries.