Journalist, Carpenter, Manager, Consultant, Novelist.

The cover illustrations for 100 Swings, 5.11 and Sometimes in Winter are the work of my brothers, Joe and Richard Swayze.

JOE SWAYZE (1944-2022) was a husband, father, brother, artist, journalist, teacher and traveler. A 1966 graduate of Williams College, he served as an Army public information officer in Vietnam, where he was inspired to make photography a part of his life. He worked for several newspapers before teaching for 33 years at the Noble and Greenough School near Boston, where his impact on colleagues and students was legendary. A former student with a 40-year career in journalism wrote, “Great teachers shape lives. Joe Swayze completely changed my life. His joy for the world around him and unquenchable thirst for knowledge were contagious and inspiring.”

His work includes images from Rockport, Massachusetts, California, Vietnam, Easter Island, Russia, and Ireland; but his most personal and compelling photographs were of family and friends and places he loved: a small lake where he summered as a child and images of objects close to home. Some of his work can be found at instagram.com/joe.swayze/.

RICHARD SWAYZE is a husband, father, brother, artist, and carpenter. His work has been shown locally at galleries in the Sierra Foothills.

He is a skier and climber. He works in watercolors and oils, and his subjects include the wild landscape and structures. Some of his work can be seen at his Instagram account: richardswayze.