This time around, photography will be the medium of choice at the Los Banos Library.</p><p>Five black-and-white photographs of outdoor scenes in California, and one of Arcos de la Frontera, Spain, grace the west wall of the library, designated for local artists.</p><p>Donna Keck, a retired art teacher, said she's been making art since she graduated in 1947 from Minot State University with a degree in art and a minor in English.</p><p>"I think I got into it, more so, in the seventh grade," Keck said.</p><p>In 1963, Keck moved to Los Banos from North Dakota, where she grew up, when her husband got a job teaching history at Los Banos Junior High School.</p><p>Her father, a philosophy professor, and mother, a piano teacher, were both musicians and supported her artistic pursuits.</p><p>Keck said she shoots photographs wherever she goes, and doesn't necessarily plan trips with the goal of taking pictures.</p><p>"But I did take a trip to Germany, Austria, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and then I took the trip to Spain," Keck said.</p><p>Most of her work, Keck said, is done in black-and-white, and she prefers film to digital.</p><p>"I don't think digital has the nuance that film does," Keck said.</p><p>All of her work done in film, which is most of it, is developed inside the darkroom in her home, according to Keck.</p><p>"I can do it to my satisfaction," Keck said. "Whereas, if I send it out, I wouldn't have any say in the results."</p><p>Nick West, a longtime friend of Keck's, brought Keck to the attention of the library exhibit's organizers.</p><p>"I suggested her, because she has done very good work," West said.</p><p>Keck's photos, West said, have a timeless and classic feel. West said that Keck has always been interested in the arts, and he described her as creative and interested in life.</p><p>"She doesn't sit still," West said. "She's interested in what's going on in the world and with her friends and family."</p><p>Photography is not Keck's only artistic outlet, she also paints and as a child she trained in piano and voice. She said she was one class short of attaining a minor in music.</p><p>Two of her oil paintings, a portrait of her husband and one of still life, will be part of Los Banos Arts Council's Weekend with the Arts on Sept. 9-12.</p><p>Patti Ryan, a member of the Friends of the Library and the person in charge of the local-artists program, said the six photographs can be seen inside the library until mid-October.</p><p>Ryan said Joan Bengtson, an organizer of the Weekend with the Arts, is next on the docket to display her paintings in the library.</p><p>Enterprise staff writer Thaddeus Miller can be reached at 388-6562 or by e-mail at tmiller@</p><p>losbanosenterprise.com.