Jack’s Photography

Links on this page are to galleries of photos by Jack Williams. Many of these are photographs he shot on news assignments.

Jack’s latest photos are from:

  • The Old Fiddlers Convention in Galax, Va., where he spent a couple of days with his brother, Charles, and other members of the Young Rose Family Band from Beaufort, S.C.
  • The July 4, 2020 celebration at  George Washington’s Mount Vernon home, which is now a major tourist attraction. It’s south of Old Town Alexandria, Va. on the Potomac  River.

Members of the 1st Virginia Regiment fire their muskets during a drill at Mount Vernon on July 4, 2010. Photo by Jack Williams.

Jack’s wife, Darlene Shields, is also an accomplished photographer. Some of her photos can be seen on her Web page.

Beginning with his first newspaper reporting job Jack occasionally took photographs for stories he worked on. When he reported from Greenland in 1997 he took a film camera and returned with a few photos to illustrate his stories.

When he reported from Antarctica in 1999 digital photography and reasonably good Internet connections enabled him to send back photos to accompany his daily “trip diary,” which would be called a blog today.

Jack’s older photos

The links below are to Web galleries of photos that Jack took to accompany stories he wrote for USATODAY.com or to galleries he produced using his own photos and photos of others.

The photo galleries illustrate the improvements in technology from 1999 until 2004, when the format allowed larger images and captions, making it easier to tell a story with a photo gallery. They also show Jack’s belief that a photo gallery should tell a story instead of being a mere collection of images.

All of the photos on this page or linked to from this page are copyrighted by Jack Williams unless otherwise credited and may not be reproduced without permission. All of the photos are available in low resolution suitable for online use. A few of Jack’s photos are available in high enough resolution for 8 by 12-inch or larger prints.

None of these photos may be used for commercial purposes such as advertisements or endorsements.

For information on permission to reproduce any of these photos, use the Ask Jack e-mail form on this Web site.