JOHN BRANTON GYNELL

Born and raised in the Bahamas, John spent his formative years growing up in Nassau and the Exumas. At a very young age, camera in hand, John began photographing many aspects of these admirable islands.

Living in Florida, and schooled in the States, John's hobby grew into much more. Attending the Savannah College of Art & Design, John graduated magna cum laude, receiving his B.F.A. in photography. It was here where John studied under several exceptional professors, realizing his passion for large format photography.

Upon graduation, John returned to Florida where he worked for four years as an assistant to Clyde Butcher, one of America's greatest landscape photographers. After living and working in the Big Cypress National Preserve, surrounded by the natural beauty of more than a million acres of National Park wetlands and cypress strands of wild Florida, John's heart yearned for the more familiar island landscape of the Bahamas, he loves so much.

Living in Miami, John returns to the Bahamas quite often to capture on film the unique landscape of the Islands. His immense passion for the medium of photography, along with his unconditional love of the Bahamas, is highly evident in his photographs. His devotion towards nature, and the exquisite beauty and depth of the Bahamas comes shining through in his seascapes, and landscapes.

All of his work is shot in black and white, with a 4 x 5 field view camera. His work has been exhibited throughout the southeastern United States and Bahamas, including the National Art Gallery of the Bahamas in Nassau. John's work belongs to a worldwide list of collectors who share a vision of the natural beauty of these
pristine, and brilliant islands.

 



©2006 John Branton Gynell