Featuring the fine art photography of John D. Wagner
A Gallery of Fine Photography
ABOUT US
Blackship-Tree is an on-line gallery that features the fine art photography of John D. Wagner, a Santa Fe, NM-based photographer.
Mr. Wagner’s work is available to the public only during the two weekends of Santa Fe Open Studio:
-
Saturday-Sunday 9/21-22/2024 - 11-am to 5pm
-
Saturday-Sunday 9/28-29/2024 - 11-am to 5pm
John's latest book of his photos is FINDINGS: Wood, Cacti, and Sand, MORG Press, Mexico City (2024).
Blackship-Tree
Santa Fe, NM
ABOUT JOHN D. WAGNER
John is a fine-art photographer and a widely published author of 24 books. His books include two volumes of poetry (one of which is a mix-media book of poetry and photography); a young-adult novel; a dramatic play; two books on furniture design and building; and numerous non-fiction books on architectural and business topics.
John shoots black-and-white photos on old-fashion “2.25” film (never digital), using an antique Hasselblad 500 C/M camera. He often fits his beloved Hasselblad, which was made in 1960, with a macro lens for close-ups of textures in nature. When John first received the camera from an antique dealer, he was surprised to find, in the original box, a personal letter from the director of marketing for Hasselblad to the original camera owner, welcoming her to the Hasselblad family. Coincidentally, the Hasselblad representative was named John Wagner. So, this John Wagner received a welcome letter from that John Wagner when he unwrapped his camera. He’s never looked back…and barely put down the camera.
John has a darkroom in Santa Fe, NM, which he built himself. There he does all his own fine printing. He never alters an image, and always prints the negative as a full-frame image. He never “dodges” the light on the print. In other words, he prints exactly what he’s shot, varying the image’s density only by how much light he delivers from the enlarger.