Posted on August 5, 2019, 11:59 pm, by QT Luong, under
Announcements.
The second edition of Treasured Lands has just been released (order your copy here). That it was the fourth printing in three years shows that the book was successful enough to just reprint without changes. Nevertheless, with each new printing, I had been trying to improve the book. Changes in the second and third printing […]
Posted on March 14, 2019, 9:42 pm, by QT Luong, under
Books,
Esthetics.
Chicago Tonight I was honored that WTTW, the Chicago area’s PBS affiliate which is one of the most-watched public television stations in the country, aired a story about my visit to the Indiana Dunes, produced by multiple Emmy-winning Jay Shefsky. The four-minute Chicago Tonight piece, which is very accurate, took about two hours to film […]
Posted on February 20, 2019, 8:00 am, by QT Luong, under
Books.
One of the consequences of the government shutdown is that we just got Indiana Dunes National Park, our 61th National Park. Let me explain a bit. In the 115th Congress, the Indiana congressional delegation pushed hard for the change of designation for Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, which enjoyed wide local support except for the lone […]
Posted on January 31, 2019, 6:56 pm, by QT Luong, under
Uncategorized.
If you bought a copy of Treasured Lands, I thank you for your interest in my work and your support. I would be even more grateful if you would participate in the following nine-question survey, which should take only a few minutes. As a small token of my appreciation, all respondents are eligible for a […]
Posted on November 24, 2017, 12:39 am, by QT Luong, under
Uncategorized.
On this Thanksgiving, besides the usual gratitude for family and friends, I’d like to extend my thanks to all the people who have helped make the Treasured Lands project a success. My heartfelt thanks to every person who helped along the way. For most of the project, my travels have been solitary, but I appreciated […]
Posted on September 22, 2017, 11:10 pm, by QT Luong, under
Books.
I received the following question by email: “… I was wondering about the level of photography tips you offer in this book. I am primarily interested in learning some of your techniques (both while capturing the shot & post), and so that content to me is perhaps more important than the final photographs themselves (as […]
Posted on June 29, 2017, 11:36 am, by QT Luong, under
Announcements.
Spring is the time for several of the major book awards to be announced, and I am honored that Treasured Lands has won six national book awards. Those include a clean sweep of the three most significant book awards in independent publishing, and also focused general-entry book awards. IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards – Arts and […]
Posted on April 14, 2017, 11:58 pm, by QT Luong, under
Announcements.
I am honored that Treasured Lands has won not one, but two of the most respected book award competitions in the independent publishing world. This was especially gratifying because although I have had three books of photography published before, Treasured Lands is the first for which I was in total control. Besides providing the photographs […]
Posted on January 4, 2017, 12:50 am, by QT Luong, under
Announcements.
I am honored that last December, Treasured Lands received superlative reviews from two diverse print publications, both of them ranking the book at the top of the National Park Service Centennial publications. The New York Times Book Review The New York Times has published a Sunday book review section since 1896, maybe the most influential […]
Posted on October 13, 2016, 12:24 am, by QT Luong, under
Announcements.
Treasured Lands was published on October 1st. I am grateful to all of you for making this release a success. As can be seen above, on its release day, Treasured Lands broke into the top 2,000 best-selling books on Amazon, out of 8 million books. Not bad for a $65 book, a price that puts […]
