Biography
John Gardner was born on the Iowa-Nebraska border. As a boy his father gave him a camera and taught him to how to work its controls. Beyond that basic instruction he is self-taught, and began to consider photography seriously in 1985 after a trip to London. His publications are few, and in fairly obscure magazines. Until recently he had not exhibited his work publicly. He left photography almost entirely for over a decade while earning a doctorate in medieval literature and is employed as a professor of Spanish. Currently he is at work on three projects:
Strangers — A study of pedestrians in the American city spanning over two decades.
Antes de coñece-la moriña / Before I knew I’d miss you — Black and white work centered on nostalgia for the Galicia region of Spain
Look What I See — An on-going series about the melancholy beauty of our daily surroundings.

Solo Exhibitions
2008: Look What I See — Halcyon Contemporary Art, Terre Haute, Indiana
2007-08: Some Where: Recent Photographs by John Gardner — Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute, Indiana
2005: Strangers — Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Gallery, Terre Haute, Indiana

Group Exhibitions
2006: 1st Annual Juried Group Show — Halcyon Contemporary Art, Terre Haute, Indiana

Publications
Shots #40, 1993.
KC Pitch, 26 August 1992.
Rant-Rapture #1, 1989.

Collections
Swope Art Museum
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Numerous private collections