AAPLD welcomes photographer Paul McFadden to the Art Wall in the Adult Services Department. Paul’s work reflects his varied interests and experiences, including a love for wildlife, travel, and his career with American Airlines. Each year, Paul creates a wildlife calendar for family, friends, and “numerous doctors,” and has also gifted them with privately printed books of photography. Paul and Beverly, his wife of 55 years, made their home in unincorporated Algonquin for 46 years before moving to Crystal Lake. His work will be displayed through December and January. Learn a little more about this talented artist.
The Artist: Paul McFadden
Community: Crystal Lake
Background/Experience: Paul began his photography career just after high school graduation, when he went to work for the Telegraph-Herald newspaper in Dubuque, IA. After serving in the Air Force for five and a half years during the Vietnam War, he returned to newspaper work, before taking a position with American Airlines at O’Hare International Airport. Though he didn’t work as a professional photographer, he describes himself as a photographer at heart. His work was recently featured in a two-page spread, in Quintessential Barrington magazine’s Wide Open Spaces.
Preferred media: He photographs wildlife with a 600mm lens on a Canon mirrorless camera. For scenic work, he uses a Sony Mavica.
Preferred subjects: Wildlife, scenery, and planes.
Contact Paul via email at circa6936@gmail.com
If you’re a local artist interested in exhibiting your work, please submit samples of your work and contact information to social@aapld.org