ABOUT ME

My approach to photography is persistently idiosyncratic (I'm mostly a self-taught photographer). I walk out of the door or step out of the car with my camera and make photos of whatever catches my eye as I walk along. I believe the best camera is the one you have with you at the moment, so I have no qualms about making photos with my iPhone (the ICM photos on this site were all made with an iPhone 8 or iPhone 13 Pro). Mostly, though, I use a Sony mirrorless camera with a variety of lenses.

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I live in Hillsborough, NC, and currently make most of my photographs in Orange County and the surrounding area.

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I've exhibited my work in several shows at the Margaret Lane Gallery in Hillsborough, NC. The Decode Gallery in Tucson, AZ, and the Black Box Gallery in Portland, OR, have both shown my work as well. In July 2023 I was a guest artist at the Skylight Gallery in Hillsborough with my show "Orange County: Shadows and Reflections." Three of my photographs have been accepted for the Focal Point: Orange show at the Eno Arts Mill in July 2025.

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Influences: Sonia Delaunay, Imogen Cunningham, Aaron Siskind, Harry Callahan, Eliot Porter, Georgia O'Keeffe, Andre Kertesz (and, occasionally, Lee Friedlander).

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Instagram: @annecgardner

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