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Ed Darack is an author and photographer who covers a broad range of topics, both in his writing and through his photography. He is the author of the critically acclaimed title Victory Point (published by the Penguin Group, New York ) and three other books. His literary agent is Scott Miller of Trident Media Group in New York. He has contributed feature articles to Smithsonian Air and Space, Alpinist, Weatherwise (where he is a contributing editor), Foreign Policy (online), Gannett Newspapers, and many other magazines and media outlets.

Ed Darack's images appear on all types of visual media throughout the globe, including the covers and interiors of some of the world's most widely read periodicals, the covers and interiors of an array of books, including New York Times bestsellers, on broadcast and cable television, and all forms of product advertising and packaging. Images of his have been used by Smithsonian, Germany's Stern, The National Geographic Society, the Times of London, Bank of America, The Royal Bank of Scotland, Forbes Magazine, Elle, Reader's Digest, Playboy, The United Nations, Volkswagen, Discovery Channel, British Petroleum, Time Life, The Guardian, IBM, ABC News, The BBC, People Magazine, New York Magazine, The New York Times, NBC Television, Microsoft, ABC Television, Scientific American, the United States Department of State, Mental Floss, American Airlines, and many other editorial and commercial imagery users.
You may view Darack's images on these agency sites: Getty Images, Corbis, and Science Faction Images.
View a selection of Ed Darack's cover credits here.

Darack's first three books chronicle adventure travel (mountaineering and sea kayaking), and his fourth book, Victory Point (named one of the best books of 2009 by the United States Naval Institute and now available in paperback), details two significant U.S. Marine Corps operations in Afghanistan in the summer of 2005. Copies of his past titles, now out of print, can be found used on Amazon.com and other online book retailers.
Ed has authored hundreds of articles for publications ranging from Nature Photographer to the Marine Corps Gazette, covering a spectrum of topics that includes atmospheric science, mountaineering, photography, military operations and training, aerospace, and many others. He has recent notable articles in Weatherwise Magazine (where he is a contributing editor), and Smithsonian Air and Space Magazine.
Ed Darack's Author profile at Penguin.
Ed Darack at Num Village, eastern Nepal,
en route back to Kathmandu from Makalu Base Camp.
Photograph by Bibi Magar.