'Non-selfie photographer' featured at Museum of High Plains

Photographer Jack Stevens works with a 35mm Nikon and medium-format Bronica film cameras, capturing photos on slide film and developing his own black-and-white prints.

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McCOOK, Neb. -- McCook photographer Jack Stevens picked up his first camera, an Argus C3, when he was 11 years old.

The nearly-90-year-old shoots today with 35-millimeter Nikon and medium-format Bronica film cameras, and captures his images on slide film. In addition to color prints, Jack develops most of his black-and-white photographs. With a smile, he explains he is “a self-proclaimed non-selfie photographer.”

Jack’s favorite subject matter includes the Great Plains; America’s east and west coasts; seascapes and sailing boats; European, South Seas and Caribbean locations; and candid shots. “I feel nature offers so much interest and beauty, and that is where my passions rest. Ansel Adams is a hero, and I’m impressed with his ideas of the zones of light.”

Jack is a member of the Association of Nebraska Art Clubs, winning a “Certificate of Excellence,” and Golden Plains Artists.

Jack has been the featured artist at the Musem of the High Plains and the Wrightstone Fine Arts Gallery in McCook, and the Lauritzen Botanical Gardens in Omaha, the North Platte hospital and the TruCafe in Kearney. He participates in art festivals during McCook’s Heritage Days Celebration and Oberlin’s Art Fest.

Jack’s photographs are incorporated into donor walls at Community Hospital, McCook.

Jack’s photographic work is available for purchase. Contact him at (308) 345-1859 or stevensn@ocsmccook.com

See the exhibition

Jack Stevens’ photography will hang in the art room of the Museum of the High Plains from Thursday, April 1, through Friday, April 30.

The museum’s hours are Tuesday through Saturday, from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m. CT. There is no admission charge to the museum or to the Historic Carnegie Library, which are located at 413-421 Norris.