Oakley-based photographer Patrick Cone, whose work has been showcased in Smithsonian, National Geographic and Arizona Highways, remembers when he began taking pictures.

“My father was an amateur photographer, and he gave me a camera when I was 16,” he said. “I took a photo of down at the Hopi Reservation, and it turned out poorly. And I’ve been trying to get better ever since.”

Cone will talk about his photography career and other lifetime ventures at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 12, at the Park City Library’s Jim Santy Auditorium. The event is free and part of the library’s Local Speaker Series.

“I’m mainly going to show images from my decades as a contract magazine photographer, and then I’ll talk about some of my other career paths I’ve taken as well,” he said.

Those other paths include

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