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The Historic High Bridge, constructed in 1848, stretches over the Harlem River and railroad tracks in the Bronx borough of New York City.
An American Civil War Cemetery is seen in contrast to a recently demolished cotton mill in the American South.
View of Norfolk & Western (Now Norfolk Southern) NA Railroad Tower in Martinsburg, West Virginia. Railroad tracks are visible on the left and residential houses on the right side.
Railroad Landscape showing the Steelways Shipyard building in Newburgh, New York. Railroad tracks stretch horizontally along the bottom of this panoramic image with the building's glass windows reflecting various shades of blue. The railroad tracks are still actively used by CSX Transportation. Taken on large format 4x5 camera using 4 negatives stitched together.
Razed in 2015, Nepera Chemical is a superfund site and operated from 1942 until 2005. Nepera produced pyridine, used in agrochemicals and pharmaceuticals, as well as niacin, a food additive. The American Flag on the tank is symbolic of declining industry.
The image shows the intersection of Willet’s Point Boulevard and 37th Ave in the borough of Queens, New York City. The area is colloquially known as “The Iron Triangle” or “Willets Point”. The area was originally the city’s ash pit and referenced in The Great Gatsby during one of their sojourns driving into the city. Since the 1950s it has been a junkyard and auto repair mecca. There is no plumbing or city services to the area – you can imagine the smell. In the last few years it has been in the cross-hairs of city government and private interests as they are hellbent on franchising the neighborhood into shopping and residences. In fact, demolition has already begun and the structure (if you would call it that, many of these auto repair shops were housed in nothing more than an arched steel shed) I stood on create this picture is now gone and the rest of the neighborhood seems to be following suit. I spent many days wandering Willets Point, which is really only about a 2/3 of a mile in size photographing the colorful facades and people that worked there. The figures in the scene are not posed, I waited about two hours for the right combination of light and subject placement. Like many of my images, the area was scouted out well ahead of time. Willets Point has been in my memory since I was a child, as my father would take his truck there for parts. It was shot on my 8×10″ camera using a Fujinon 600mm C lens and Kodak Portra 400 film.
Before climbing the Snowy Range Mountains, Route 130 (also known as the Snowy Range Road) passes through Laramie, Wyoming. Here we see The Boardwalk, a local flea market and leatherworker.
A tree is seen overlooking the Sierra Madre Mountains and the High Plains of Carbon County, Wyoming.
Jeff sits under a tree during Spring in West Virginia. Next to him is the General Merchandise store that has been in his family since 1900.
In Western Pennsylvania, railroad tracks are seen through a collapsed structure along the Monongahela River.
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National Character Exhibition at Galerie Chashama in Manhattan, New York City, November 17 - December 14, 2023
Railroad Landscapes Exhibition at the Revela’t Analogue Film Photography Festival in Vilassar de Dalt, Barcelona June 3-18, 2023
A booklet and hand-crafted folio box containing 24 signed and numbered color photographs tipped into letterpress boards. Published by Zatara Press.
A survey exhibition of art and artists connected to Staten Island
June 10, 2022 - March 26, 2023
John Sanderson discusses the origins and progress of his on-going photographic series titled Railroad Landscapes.
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COLLECTIONS
Figge Art Museum
New York Transit Museum
International Center of Photography Library
The Bancroft Library at UC Berkeley
Amon Carter Museum of American Art Research Library
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Utah State University
Metro North Railroad
Center for Railroad Photography & Art
Carbon County Museum
NTR Partners
TransitCenter
EDUCATION
BA, Political Science, Hunter College, New York, NY, 2008