https://www.mpettyphoto.com/how-i-shot-blog daily 0.75 2025-11-14 https://www.mpettyphoto.com/how-i-shot-blog/old-glory monthly 0.5 2025-11-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618d23005785fc369de15726/ec05b4a1-b5ec-4ace-b6fd-55683b87f639/Flag%2B-%2BTriangle%2C%2BVA.jpeg How I Shot Blog - I Shot Tattered Old Glory Using An Unusual Photography Accessory - Make it stand out Tattered Old Glory, Triangle, VA https://www.mpettyphoto.com/how-i-shot-blog/nixon-resigned monthly 0.5 2024-08-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618d23005785fc369de15726/0ae483a9-43b5-4d91-894d-538b4a59dd79/IMG_5705as+web.jpg How I Shot Blog - Richard Nixon Resigned in My Parents' Living Room - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618d23005785fc369de15726/41f0b357-1a89-4134-ad3f-246bf240810d/nixon.jpg How I Shot Blog - Richard Nixon Resigned in My Parents' Living Room - Make it stand out Nixon Resigned in My Parents’ Living Room https://www.mpettyphoto.com/how-i-shot-blog/vietnam-refugees monthly 0.5 2024-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618d23005785fc369de15726/1717771639039-M0E5A32CWCKOQG05P5CC/Charter.jpg How I Shot Blog - How the Great Auk Helped Me Photograph Vietnamese Refugees - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618d23005785fc369de15726/1717776406571-1GSNGY07535G36798HB5/Moving+In.jpg How I Shot Blog - How the Great Auk Helped Me Photograph Vietnamese Refugees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618d23005785fc369de15726/1717776431220-4UYAZE7KLMKAO01X14FR/V+Family+Group.jpg How I Shot Blog - How the Great Auk Helped Me Photograph Vietnamese Refugees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618d23005785fc369de15726/1717776456693-PNC41970HP3TKMY6JVU3/Bottle+in+Bed.jpg How I Shot Blog - How the Great Auk Helped Me Photograph Vietnamese Refugees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618d23005785fc369de15726/1717776476184-HY1D4O91SHX0YFSS1ORG/American+Dream.jpg How I Shot Blog - How the Great Auk Helped Me Photograph Vietnamese Refugees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618d23005785fc369de15726/1717776491265-28IIW7DKSDLQZZ8UL01R/TV+%26+Jesus.jpg How I Shot Blog - How the Great Auk Helped Me Photograph Vietnamese Refugees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618d23005785fc369de15726/1717776519827-PSVZI7YN1AUX6HSUE3KH/Mustang.jpg How I Shot Blog - How the Great Auk Helped Me Photograph Vietnamese Refugees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618d23005785fc369de15726/1717776534754-15Z3P3XHMC2ER668VGX0/Mending+Nets.jpg How I Shot Blog - How the Great Auk Helped Me Photograph Vietnamese Refugees https://www.mpettyphoto.com/how-i-shot-blog/bob-dylan monthly 0.5 2024-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618d23005785fc369de15726/1639691541972-2K44N57QA7J5IXPS6BQ4/Bob%2BDylan%2BII.jpeg How I Shot Blog - How We Duped Bob Dylan’s Goons - Make it stand out Bob Dylan performing in Pensacola, FL during the Rolling Thunder Revue Tour, April 28, 1976. A print of this photo is now in the permanent collection of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Photo © Mark Petty 1976 https://www.mpettyphoto.com/how-i-shot-blog/focus-satchel-paige monthly 0.5 2024-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618d23005785fc369de15726/1df8f6e7-5f88-417b-bb55-9d3c06b82af5/Satchel+paige.jpg How I Shot Blog - I Shot Leroy “Satchel” Paige Focusing on Two Areas at the Same Time - Make it stand out Leroy “Satchel” Paige in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Photo © Mark Petty 1980 https://www.mpettyphoto.com/how-i-shot-blog/introduced-stetson-kennedy monthly 0.5 2024-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618d23005785fc369de15726/0462fb19-5bcd-43bf-98bc-d2e15c948ad0/Mr.+Kennedy+.jpg How I Shot Blog - How Woody Guthrie and Billy Bragg Introduced Me to Stetson Kennedy - Make it stand out Stetson Kennedy in his office on the second floor of his home, Beluthahatcheehe, in Fruit Cove, Florida, south of Jacksonville. This portrait of Stetson is in the permanent collection of the Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida in Gainesville. Photo © Mark Petty 2006 https://www.mpettyphoto.com/how-i-shot-blog/a-dead-man monthly 0.5 2024-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618d23005785fc369de15726/c5f0858a-944b-4715-82c1-d449bfc2f5d9/MarkPettyPhoto-How-I-Shot-A-Dead-Man.jpg How I Shot Blog - How I Shot a Dead Man - Make it stand out A murder victim lies under a sheet in the front yard as members of the police department, in the background, investigate the first homicide in Columbia, MO in a decade. Photo © Mark Petty 1974 https://www.mpettyphoto.com/how-i-shot-blog/katharine-hepburn monthly 0.5 2024-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618d23005785fc369de15726/1703093075805-B3FT2BLRKA5J1AV6TT5B/Copy+of+Hepburn%2BBW%2B%231.jpeg How I Shot Blog - How Katharine Hepburn Almost Turned Me Into a Paparazzi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618d23005785fc369de15726/1703093353639-073834JXDOBH1A6J7MCZ/Copy%2Bof%2BHepburn%252BBW%252B%25232%252B.jpg How I Shot Blog - How Katharine Hepburn Almost Turned Me Into a Paparazzi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618d23005785fc369de15726/1703093285238-EY4WUO5R40IGH8B6LB3E/Copy%252Bof%252BHepburn%25252BBW%25252B%2525233.jpg How I Shot Blog - How Katharine Hepburn Almost Turned Me Into a Paparazzi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618d23005785fc369de15726/1703093128022-SVQ08KEZZ3I9WRE3C81Z/Copy+of+Hepburn%2BBW%2B%234.jpeg How I Shot Blog - How Katharine Hepburn Almost Turned Me Into a Paparazzi - Make it stand out Wedding reception hostess Katharine Hepburn graciously laughs after being hit in the face with wedding cake by the bride, Cynthia McFadden. Photo © Mark Petty 1989 https://www.mpettyphoto.com/how-i-shot-blog/my-way-into-jail monthly 0.5 2024-07-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618d23005785fc369de15726/1703097809007-K3G5VW18P9LX4F8GC4H2/Columbia-Lunch%2Bin%2BJail.jpeg How I Shot Blog - How I Shot My Way Into Jail - The trustee inmate who dressed out a deer delivers lunch to an inmate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618d23005785fc369de15726/1703097815558-V140TZUK6NISLWNY5TL5/Columbia-Two%2BTrusties%2Band%2Ban%2BInmate%2Bx%2B300.jpeg How I Shot Blog - How I Shot My Way Into Jail - Two trustee inmates and a fellow inmate with much less freedom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618d23005785fc369de15726/1703097803791-QC015V0241PN9EZG7NOV/Columbia-Baby%2Bin%2BJail.jpeg How I Shot Blog - How I Shot My Way Into Jail - Mother and child visit an inmate in jail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618d23005785fc369de15726/1703097807940-GUJG8VCHJDY0GMQ2VAOD/Columbia-Jail%2BCell.jpeg How I Shot Blog - How I Shot My Way Into Jail - Cell conditions in the old Boone Country Jail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618d23005785fc369de15726/1712419972492-YM0O2R8BHL1L3YTJ3UI1/Trustee+with+Knife.jpg How I Shot Blog - How I Shot My Way Into Jail - A trustee inmate with his pipe and a knife in his hand about to dress out a deer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618d23005785fc369de15726/1712419995895-A32KYTBGUEXDCIHFPRTO/Trustee+Skins+Deer.jpg How I Shot Blog - How I Shot My Way Into Jail - Three sheriffs watch inmate dress out a deer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618d23005785fc369de15726/1712420012600-F73VAR9YS4P9DRZIY276/Trustee+Guts+Deer.jpg How I Shot Blog - How I Shot My Way Into Jail - Two trustee inmates gutting a deer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618d23005785fc369de15726/38aad30f-61ca-4c8e-a2f1-85f4947ae371/MarkPettyPhoto-How-I-Shot-My-Way-Into-Jail-%23.jpeg How I Shot Blog - How I Shot My Way Into Jail - Make it stand out Six inmates (one is almost hidden on the right) in a crowded cell in the Boone County Jail, Columbia, Missouri. Photo © Mark Petty 1974 https://www.mpettyphoto.com/contact daily 0.75 2024-05-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618d23005785fc369de15726/ff0cf0e0-a254-4d67-88cc-ad50ab52f91f/Caught+in+Rain%2C+Opus+27.jpg Contact - Make it stand out Me, caught in the rain, 1979. Photo © Lee Crum. Thanks, Lee! https://www.mpettyphoto.com/about daily 0.75 2024-08-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618d23005785fc369de15726/5a2ef6a3-9746-4e97-a5a8-56dbbcbf7d5a/10380037.jpg About - About Mark Petty I’m half Sicilian but grew up in Tulsa because I also have Cherokee ancestors who walked the Trail of Tears in the 1830s; forced from their home in Georgia by Andrew Jackson. More than 100 years later I attend Andrew Jackson elementary school where they try to teach me he’s a hero. Those experiences inspire me to photograph the ironies and injustice I see in everyday American life. It has influenced my desire to document those whose circumstances are less fortunate than mine. I've flown through two hurricanes but I’m never free-falling from a plane again. Glad I did, but . . . Scroll down for more information. Thanks, Mark https://www.mpettyphoto.com/home daily 1.0 2024-12-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618d23005785fc369de15726/2caf3ffc-366c-4e7f-80e1-8eb09b011cd5/Bob%2BDylan%2BII.jpeg MPetty Photo Bob Dylan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618d23005785fc369de15726/1714147304711-26VPN94YN7ZBKD1XHSTI/Hepburn.jpg MPetty Photo Wedding cake in Katharine Hepburn's face https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618d23005785fc369de15726/4cb2c488-a265-487c-bea1-e129809686ed/Inside%2BBoone%2BCounty%2BJail.jpeg MPetty Photo The old Boone County Jail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618d23005785fc369de15726/1703099790228-MKBIB75VNGQUB7HGN9YM/Dead+Man_Columbia+MO.jpg MPetty Photo Dead man in the dark https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618d23005785fc369de15726/1712502153797-1LE94AYYYS4PGZ7MP97Y/MPP_WASP%2Bin%2BParadise.jpg MPetty Photo A wasp in Paradise, 4" x 5" Flora https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618d23005785fc369de15726/7822288f-ee57-4b42-a5a5-8006540bf4ff/Lenny%2Band%2BBenny%2BBest.jpeg MPetty Photo Lenny & Benny, Columbia, MO, 1975 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618d23005785fc369de15726/d8b18059-a6af-4bb5-b6ba-f3f780c3ec1c/Charter.jpg MPetty Photo Vietnamese refugees arriving in Pensacola https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618d23005785fc369de15726/bd01f531-a155-44a0-92d1-1a3ac19af984/Father+Jerome.jpg MPetty Photo Father Jerome, Carville leprosy hospital (blog coming) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618d23005785fc369de15726/bf2289e8-c2c6-439e-820e-b9b6aa1b438d/The%2BKilling%2BFloor%2Bx%2B300.jpeg MPetty Photo The Killing Floor, undisclosed slaughterhouse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618d23005785fc369de15726/ec05b4a1-b5ec-4ace-b6fd-55683b87f639/Flag%2B-%2BTriangle%2C%2BVA.jpeg MPetty Photo Tattered Old Glory, Triangle, Virginia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618d23005785fc369de15726/c414ff5e-ddd7-4347-a4eb-4cf4f295ea3b/Thunderbird_and_Evangelis.jpeg MPetty Photo Evangelist introduces himself to Thunderbird, New Orleans https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618d23005785fc369de15726/94e7f7d4-174c-4371-94fe-f23eec1e930e/L1003160+Scary+Scary+Night.jpg MPetty Photo Van Gogh's Starry Night during COVID https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618d23005785fc369de15726/37f8087c-ff90-4eaf-99b4-febdf96c6ee5/what+it+apperas.jpg MPetty Photo All is not as it appears . . . (blog to come) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618d23005785fc369de15726/fa56bdbc-bc50-4e1a-99dd-c0958ff7dd5c/Hemophiliac+Bros+1.jpg MPetty Photo Hemophiliac brothers. 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