"I make fine art photography and teach college courses ranging from basic black and white photography, digital photography, and documentary video production.
However, for my personal work, I still prefer to work with large format film. In this day of pixels that can vanish with a power outage, I see intrinsic value in an image that is captured and archived into a precious metal silver halide print.
The additional cost, time, and effort required to manufacturer such a traditional image tempers my choices of what images to present and insure that only the most significant images that reflect my strong inner feelings about places and people are revealed."
~ Ira W. Gardner Jr.
I live in Spokane Washington in a small farm house with my wife and son. It's a rural shangri-la that is just 5 minutes from our downtown. I am in the process of renovating my barn into a small gallery space that will be open twice a year for portfolio exhibitions. You can also see my work at the Brick Wall Gallery located downtown in the Bennett Block building.
You may reach me at:
email: info@iragardner.com
phone: (509) 435-7420
If you are interested in contacting me the photography program at Spokane Falls. Community College you can reach me by phone at (509)-533-3728 or you can email me at irag@spokanefalls.edu.