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My Life In A Display Case
Stuck in a corner of the “Public Opinion: Beyond the Headlines in Westerville” exhibit at the Westerville History Museum is me.
Apr 30
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Gary Gardiner
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Tree Getting New Owner - Gallery
The oak tree at the corner of Brisbane and Barcelona in the Huber Village neighborhood is getting a new owner on Tuesday.
Apr 6
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Gary Gardiner
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Color, soft edges, and stillness turn a record into a memory
I’ve spent several years photographing the gravestones of Revolutionary War soldiers in and around Westerville, and the longer I do it, the more I…
Apr 2
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Gary Gardiner
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March 2026
It Was A Great Terrible Day For A Drone
I don’t always take my drone with me, especially on days like today when my drone weather app was glowing red, warning of high wind gusts.
Mar 31
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Gary Gardiner
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The “What, me worry?” Photographer
Rarely does a day go by without someone asking, “What’s your final photo for today?”
Mar 24
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Gary Gardiner
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In The Second Act
I’ve come to think that the photographs I care about most are made in the second act.
Mar 17
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Gary Gardiner
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More Than F8 And Be There
Practice Presence Is The Harder Part
Mar 13
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Gary Gardiner
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From Wirephoto to Worldwide: Fifty Years of Changing Photographic Voices
The difference between Photojournalism/76 photographers and those in the 2026 Best of Photojournalism is bigger than the shift from black and white to…
Mar 5
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Gary Gardiner
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The Power of Routine and Ritual in Photography
Observation is the starting point in photography.
Mar 3
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Gary Gardiner
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February 2026
If It Were Easy ...
Why doesn’t photography get easier?
Feb 28
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Gary Gardiner
4
Longtermism And the News and the Photographer
Future people count. There will be a lot of them. Whether their lives are better or worse depends, in part, on how well we think today, because today’s…
Feb 26
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Gary Gardiner
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Then We Filtered the Light. Now We Rewrite It.
From the Archives
Feb 23
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Gary Gardiner
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