In the unlikely event that you happen across this page you will discover that most of the links don’t work. I add pages and images as I work on the website. Making it look as good as I want is taking more time than anticipated. So, apologies and please return in a couple of weeks. Or follow along as I edit if you’d like. I can be reached on Mastodon.com, a better-than-Facebook networking social platform, where my handle is @sallymack@sfba.social Thanks for stopping by. –Sally Mack, August 12, 2026
In 1975 armed with a brand-new 35mm Minolta film camera, 50mm lens, and a few rolls of black-and-white film I was set for the “Documentary Photography” class at Idaho State University for which I’d signed up. Or so I thought. I wound up with the worst grade of my college career in that class. However, learning that photography provides a different way of seeing and thinking, that there’s a lifetime of learning in it, overshadowed the value of any grade that could have been given. -Sally Mack, July 18, 2026
Annual exhibits at the UC Berkeley Faculty Club from 2003-2024 comprise the bulk of my exhibiting. The historic Faculty Club building, designed by Bernard Maybeck, has a solid redwood wall on which 10-15 my photos were exhibited. Across the hall from the exhibition space was a wall of windows overlooking a small garden, a beautiful setting with a welcoming audience.
This section showcases photos included because I like them. It’s a mixture of miscellaneous subjects, natural and industrial, and a smidgen of visual storytelling.
Thank you
Thanks for taking a look. These photos are better than the portfolio I turned in for my deservedly low grade in 1975. The class not only introduced me to photography but also taught me about unexpected aspects of it, such as learning that I did not like shooting documentary photographs. I’ve since discovered that my best photos are those that I most enjoy taking: birds, industrial, water, reflections, and miscellaneous things that are apparently overlooked by other people. And cats, I take a lot of pictures of cats. –Sally Mack, August 12, 2026