Ira Gardner

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Ira Gardner wrote a new post, A Mother’s Prayer, on the site RiverSpeak 4 days, 18 hours ago

As I sat in church this morning listening to a Mother’s Day sermon I was reminded of the portrait I made of Blanca Hernandez in October of 2001. She had come to my workplace to give a lecture about the […]
Ira Gardner wrote a new post, Growing in the darkness, on the site RiverSpeak 1 week, 6 days ago

On Easter morning I debated on whether or not to attend
church services or not. It’s the busiest day of the year for my congregation and I hate big crowds. Whenever there are big events downtown I […]
Ira Gardner wrote a new post, The Leader of the Band…, on the site RiverSpeak 4 weeks, 1 day ago

I’ve been setting up a studio in my barn recently. The urge to do portraits again has gotten the best of me. I love the quality of light that Yosuf Karsh used to make his portraits of people like Hemingway and […]
Ira Gardner wrote a new post, Rainy Days and Mondays…, on the site RiverSpeak 1 month ago

It is a rainy Monday and it reminded me of these images I made recently in San Francisco. I was shooting through a fogged window that made the images seem a bit more poetic. Damp days can feel so lonely and […]
Ira Gardner wrote a new post, The Long Road…, on the site RiverSpeak 1 month, 2 weeks ago

“And if you can find out something about the laws of your own growth and vision as well as those of photography you may be able to relate the two, create an object that has a life of its own, which transcends […]
Ira Gardner wrote a new post, Seeing the tree…, on the site RiverSpeak 1 month, 3 weeks ago

“There is an analogy which I like to use: When I landscaped my garden I needed to plant trees. I could have obtained an instant tree by collecting an assortment of trunks, branches, twigs and leaves and […]
Ira Gardner wrote a new post, A Winter Drive, on the site RiverSpeak 2 months, 2 weeks ago

A friend of mine invited me for a morning of driving around and photographing the landscape together. Although it was interrupted by a phone call about a leaking pipe under my kitchen sink, I still had time to […]
Ira Gardner wrote a new post, Seeking a state of grace…, on the site RiverSpeak 2 months, 3 weeks ago

The other morning my son decided to cook us some breakfast. I was enjoying my coffee and the smell of bacon when I realized that the house was filling up with smoke. I immediately went into action and opened the […]
Ira Gardner wrote a new post, Train Travel, on the site RiverSpeak 2 months, 3 weeks ago

I love trains. When I was a child I had a Lionel trains set that you dropped tablets in to make steam come out the smoke stack. My great uncle used to tend to one mile of track for the Old Milwaukee and lived in […]
Ira Gardner wrote a new post, Priest Lake Memories…, on the site RiverSpeak 2 months, 3 weeks ago

The end of January makes me think about Summer. I have to these days because it is the time of year I need to make campground reservations if I hope to get a spot on the water. Every year for the last six years […]
Ira Gardner wrote a new post, Memories of Places I Have Known, on the site RiverSpeak 2 months, 3 weeks ago

It’s not too late to check out this photo exhibition by Ira Gardner at Grand Ronde Cellars!

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