fran gardino home page

this photo web site contains a web-based "open studio" of the
boston photographer francis gardino.


now you can hear newly added audio interviews of fran by norm thibeault:
audio podcast #1
audio podcast #2




panoramic portrait of fran: born in malden, grew up in everett, drives a honda


photo collections:

fran is an artist with a unique eye for capturing personal, natural and industrial images with a comprehensive sense of formal balance and journalistic spirit.  these collections represent a lifetime of visual experiences as the son of an artist, in various groups of interrelated series.  it's been said that fran's images portray mundane objects as monumental.  

in fran's world, worn manhole covers are as important as memorial statues, seasonal seaweed knot wrack ages like 200 year old trees, which in explosive foliage can be as grandiose as the boston pops fireworks over the city skyline.

the process of finding unique panoramic photo images for google earth puts fran in places that we all walk by without appreciating.  the process of photographing manhole covers inspires him to see beyond their individual public utility functions and into the experience of the managers', engineers' and workingman's designing, building and maintaining these infrastructures.

classic manhole covers etc.
over 600 photos from around the world

tarweb music page
asphalt as photographic symbols in appreciation of african american music

images on google earth
over 500 juried photos used on google 2d and 3d maps

favorite gems
mix of charming, beauty and spectacular views

proposals page
several large scale photo proposals on buildings and public places

cloud photos
grand format Logan Airport 10' x 30' installation and 100 photos shot mostly from airline windows



boston pops 2009 fireworks page
it's like they said, "this was the best year yet".  see you there next year

the great Charles River
pans and pics "work in progress" of the beautiful Boston River  

down by the riverside
digital photograph exhibit at marblehead art association

wabi-sabi page
impermanence occurs during the time it takes for the shutter to open and close

sunglow page
looking into the winter sun at a home of the Jesuits

nahant beach page
wonder about the importance of nahant over the past thousand years

coastal pics (seaweed etc)
humorous shots of weeds that look a bit like familiar foods

newtv: pan left, pan right, tilt up, tilt down page
newtv panorama photo exhibit
all of the panorama images were digitally photographed in multiple
shot sequences as living scenes, then stitched together in photoshop

mexican photos
cancun area, mayan ruins and uniquely mayan/christian gravestones

rock of ages photos
two long panoramas of the vermont quarry and some images of special granite gravestones


franbio & statement: franbio
contact: fgardino@rcn.com