From a May 28, 2009 Northwest Herald article written by Kurt Begalka

Steve Mark, a 53-year-old computer programmer from Gurnee, set about chronicling life at the Greenwood airport in February 2008. This throwback photographer spent a year, broken up into 47 weekend shoots at Galt. Originally for a class project at the College of Lake County, he now intends to create a coffee table
book.

... All of the pictures are shot in a large, 4-by-5-inch format - which Mark insists provides richer tones than their digital counterparts. The fact that many of the images were shot at night with the aid of portable studio strobe lights adds an aircraft carrier feel with the aid of prop planes like the military T-34 "Mentor" — a World War II-era trainer.

"I love all that stuff. I like the look of the '40s and '50s where everything was shot in large format," said Mark, a member of Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 932.

"I wanted something where I could get out there and spend a lot of time. ... It was a blast. Everybody I talked to there, the various pilots, jumped right on board. Others, as soon as they saw some of the shots, jumped in. Everybody has been behind the project."

The respect is mutual. "When he came out to Galt and we told him about everything we had, he kind of lit up," flight instructor Justin Cleland said. "We went from shooting a few pictures to a year-long venture."

More from the Northwest Herald's advance coverage of the exhibit.