Shooting from
Each month, the Schramm Park
Photography Club meets at Ak-sar-
ben Aquarium outside of Gretna
where members share photography
techniques and their pictures. Some of
these members are fortunate enough
to find their images displayed at the
aquarium, and it was here where I first
had the opportunity to see Lincoln
photographer Steve Zechmann's work.
Zechmann's images, usually of local
species, jumped off the wall to me
during repeated trips to the aquarium
with my family – to the point where I
began recognizing his pictures before
ever reading his name. It was then that
I wanted to know more about this
Nebraska photographer.
Now in his 60s with a wiry stature
and deep, scratchy voice, Zechmann
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