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By Sam jfi Morgan
Special to the Rappahannock News
Tomorrow evening, November 9, at 8 p.m., the Rappahannock Association for the Arts and the Community (RAAC) welcomes photographer Richard Lykes as the featured speaker for their Second Friday at the Library Series. Lykes will present a slide show featuring images of the people of Rappahannock he has photographed over the last several years.
As a photographer and free lance journalist, Richard Lykes is usually seen with his Nikon D80 draped around his neck. He has become so comfortable with his camera that it has become part of bis wardrobe. One admirer was heard to say, “If Richard isn’t there, an event doesn’t happen in Rappahannock.”
According to Lykes, “My first inspiration for photography in Rappahannock County came not surprisingly in the beauty of our surroundings. I would occasionally take pictures of people but mainly it was scenery that caught my eye. Later; as I did more work for the Rappahannock News and learned more about photographing people, I became equally enchanted with pictures of the people of our wonderfiil county”
“Most of the people you see in my photographs are our friends and neighbors. They are of all ages, from the youngest to the oldest among us, each contributing in their special way to making Rappahannock a vibrant community My subjects include carpenters, postmen, teachers, administrators, politicians, lawyers, doctors and patients, writers and journalists, businessmen and scientists, gardeners, artists and musicians, chefs, government officials, as well as dancers, photographers, preachers and counselors, firemen, farmers and hunters, actors, and architects—sometimes in several roles at once. I have captured even the proverbial butcher; baker; and candlestick maker! Some are dressed up in their “Sunday Best” and others are in their'working clothes. Many are “country casual,” as most of us really prefer to be.”
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