Draft:Tony Bonanno

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• Comment: Just in case it's not obvious: Ludicrous over-referencing isn't limited to the assertion that "Bonanno lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico". It pervades the article.
  Additionally, please see my comment Draft talk:Tony Bonanno#Two_books. Hoary (talk) 00:01, 25 December 2024 (UTC)

• Comment: "Bonanno lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico" is an unremarkable assertion. But of course it should be referenced. Currently it has ten references. That's nine too many.
  And another matter: trivia. If "Bonanno’s published work includes a monograph of his fine-art photography and a photographic anthology", then feel free to specify both (of course complete with the publisher, ISBN, etc, of each). But please spare the reader a list of what seem to be trivial publications. Hoary (talk) 13:48, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

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Tony Bonanno is an American photographer, specializing in fine-art, documentary, equine, landscape, event, assignment, and astronomical photography.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]} Bonanno lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.^{[7][8][9][10][6][11][12][13][14][15]}

Bonanno was born and raised in Washington, D.C.^{[16][17][18][7][11][12][13][15][19]} His father, a scientist and gemologist who had taught photography professionally, instructed Bonanno and his siblings in photography throughout their childhood.^{[17][18][7][15]} After attending James Madison University, Bonanno taught biology at the high-school level, attended graduate school at Pennsylvania State University, then joined the National Park Service.^{[16][17][18][7][11][12][13][14]}

In service at Shenandoah National Park, Bonanno revived his childhood interest in photography through the influence of consultants creating audiovisual publications for the National Park Service.^[16][17] With encouragement from the National Park Service, Bonanno continued expanding his photographic skills, and his photographs were disseminated internally as well as in used in publications for the general public.^{[16][17][20][2]} After serving at Zion National Park, Grand Canyon National Park, and numerous other assignments, Bonanno became Chief Ranger at Cape Cod National Seashore.^[16][17][20] When he was promoted to Regional Chief Ranger for the National Park Service Southwest Region, Bonanno moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico.^[6]

During Bonanno’s time in the National Park Service, consultants Ross Chappell, Henry and Millie Heatwole and Hugh and Aggie Crandall were important in his progress as a photographer.^[16][18][7] Cape Cod photographers and artists Joel Meyerowitz, Linda McCausland, River Karmen, Harry DeZitter, Barbara Cole Kirk influenced and encouraged him.^{[20][7][11][15]} He was also artistically inspired by Ansel Adams, David Muench, Ross Chappell, DeWitt Jones, Eliot Porter, whom he once met unexpectedly while on park service business in Great Sand Dunes National Park, and Baron Wolman.^[16][7][21]

Bonanno began showing his fine-art photography when living on Cape Cod, Massachusetts.^{[16][17][20][22][23][24][18]} He also set up a part-time photography business, showing his work in galleries and engaging local clients. After he left the National Park Service, Bonanno became a full-time photographer, photographic printer, and workshop instructor.^{[3][7][6][15]} Bonanno’s client list expanded rapidly including numerous corporate clients such Antiquorum Genève SA, Intel, the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Johnson & Johnson, Schering-Plough, HGTV, Schott AG, and the Southwestern Association for Indian Arts.^{[25][16][8][15]} While working for Intel, he photographed President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush.^[7][26] Bonanno also served as official photographer for New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson.^[7][8][1] Bonanno has continued to be represented by art galleries.^[6][15] He is a Professional Member of the American Society of Media Photographers and a member of the American Photographic Artists Association.^[9][27]

While living on Cape Cod in a house bordering Nauset Marsh, Bonanno began to photograph the various conditions and moods of the marsh environment. His photographs of many locations on the Outer Cape inspired his first fine-art exhibitions.^{[16][17][20][18][15]}

Bonanno participated with other noted Cape Cod photographers in the “Cape Photo Project,” a collaborative effort to curate a show at the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History that would educate the public about the environmental issues adversely impacting Cape Cod’s natural resources.^[24]

After years of client-focussed photography, Bonanno craved more personal, creative work.^[3][7] A trip to Rock Spring Ranch, Oregon provided the opportunity to shoot cowboys riding horses in dusty action shots, all taken with one lens and with natural light at sunrise or sunset.^[3][7] With the “Hooves and Dust” project, Bonanno sought to “stimulate your curiosity, take you into an emotional space with the subject, challenge you to understand, and perhaps give you a glimpse of what it was like to be there.”^[3]

In line with his photojournalistic training, Bonanno sought to capture and evoke his emotional experience of visiting Cuba through the five-year-long CubaStreet series, which documented street scenes in La Habana, Trinidad, and other locations. The corresponding Cuba Project researched the lives and work of Cuban fine-art photographers; this research was supported by the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs.^[9]

Bonanno’s first monograph, Horse of the Sea: The White Horses of the Camargue, arose through a series of workshops that he led (and first co-led with photographer Jodie Willard) from 2015 through 2019 in the Camargue region of France.^{[28][29][12][13]} Struck by the centuries-old lifestyle of gardians, who are cattle herders and riders of the unique Camargue horse, Bonanno documented the landscape and inhabitants that support and define this culture.^{[28][29][12][13][14][15][19][30]}

Workshop Stories: Changed through Photography anthologizes Bonanno's images along with a poignant experience as a workshop instructor. One of Bonanno's students, a young, beginning photographer, impressed the audience so much with his innovative eye for photography that he was offered a scholarship to art school.^[31]

Bonanno has been an instructor at Santa Fe Workshops (formerly Santa Fe Photographic Workshops) since 2008. He has led workshops in diverse locations, including White Sands National Park, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, and Cliff River Springs, New Mexico; La Habana, Cuba; San Miguel de Allende, Mexico; Peru; and the Camargue region of France.^{[26][6][28][29][31][27][32][33][12][13][14][15][19]}

An acknowledged master printer, Bonanno has been processing and printing his own photographs in his workroom, where he also has been collaborating with other photographers to produce their prints for exhibition.^{[10][26][6][28]}

Bonanno’s published work includes a monograph of his fine-art photography and a photographic anthology. His editorial work has been included in numerous regional, national, and international publications.

• Coleman, David. Image by Coleman, David. “This ranger is armed with a Canon: Seashore ranger always packs his trusty camera.” Wellfleet Oracle (1988).^[16]

• Quinlan, Linda. Images by Bonanno, Tony; Donahue, Barry. “Backyard Beauty Revives Bonanno’s Photo Enthusiasm.” The Cape Codder (1990).^[17]

• Nickerson, Cindy. Image by Bonanno, Tony. “Marsh rekindles ranger’s artistry.” CapeWeek, Cape Cod Times Magazine (1990).^[20]
• The Cape Codder, ed. Image by Bonanno, Tony. “Wide-Ranging Photographer.” The Cape Codder (1990).^[22]
• Starr, Joyce. Images by Bonanno, Tony; Heaslip, Steve. “Seashore Images: Ranger captures park’s many moods on film.” Cape Cod Times (1991).^[18]
• Finch, Robert. Images by Bonanno, Tony et al. Cape Cod: its natural and cultural history: a guide to Cape Cod National Seashore, Massachusetts (1993).^[2]
• Crampton, Sarah H. Images by Bonanno, Tony. “Tony Bonanno: Hooves and Dust.” Horses in Art (2006).^[3]
• Slaughter, Paul. Images by Bonanno, Tony. “Tony Bonanno: Hooves and Dust.” Rangefinder (2007).^[7]
• Red River Paper, ed. Image by Bonanno, Tony. “Red River Pros: Tony Bonanno.” Red River Paper (2009).^[8]
• Bonanno, Tony. Images by Bonanno, Tony. “The Poor Man's Digital Leica? First Impressions of the Panasonic Lumix GF1 Micro Four-Thirds Camera.” Red Dog Journal (2010).^[34]
• Bonanno, Tony; Tornick, Josef. Images by Bonanno, Tony. “CubaStreet.” ASMP New Mexico Newsletter (2011).^[9]
• Bleich, Arthur. Images by Bonanno, Tony. “Pros Choose Tony Bonanno To Print Their Best Images.” Red River Paper (2016).^[10]
• Red River Paper, ed. Images by Bonanno, Tony. “Red River Pro Tony Bonanno Will Host New Mexico Workshop in October.” Red River Paper (2016).^[26]
• Siegel, Gershon. Images by Bonanno, Tony et al. “Meet Your Neighbor: Tony Bonanno: Photographer, Printer, & Wildlife Fan.” Eldorado Living (2018).^[6]
• Williams, Suzanne D. Images by Bonanno, Tony et al. “Back To Basics: Orientation Can Make Or Break Your Image.” Red River Paper (2018).^[35]
• Bonanno, Tony. Images by Bonanno, Tony et al. “Photographing the White Horses of the Camargue.” Red River Paper (2019).^[28]
• Bonanno, Tony. Images by Bonanno, Tony. “The White Horses of the Camargue.” Nikon Rumors (2020).^[29]
• D’Amore, Jon. Images by Bonanno, Tony; Williams, Diane. “Meet Eldorado Artist Extraordinaire Tony Bonanno.” Better Eldorado (2020).^[11]
• Maisel, Jay; Opalenik, Elizabeth. Images by Bonanno, Tony et al. Workshop Stories: Changed through Photography. True North Editions (2021).^[31]
• Bonanno, Tony. Images by Bonanno, Tony et al. “Baron Wolman, Iconic Rock Photographer, Dies at 83.” Red River Paper (2021).^[21]
• Wolman, Baron. Images by Bonanno, Tony. “Following the Legendary White Horses in Camargue.” Blind Magazine (2023).^[12]
• Bonanno, Tony; Wolman, Baron. Translated by Bourriaud, Audrey. Images by Bonanno, Tony et al. Horse of the Sea: The White Horses of the Camargue: Les Chevaux Blancs de Camargue. Chusco Editions (2023).^[13]
• Casaus, Phill, et al. Images by Bonanno, Tony et al. “Bill Richardson, 1947-2023: Former New Mexico Governor Remembered as ‘a Great Public Servant’ .” Santa Fe New Mexican (2023).^[1]
• Hull, Ania. Images by Bonanno, Tony et al. “A wild and precious life: Photographer Tony Bonanno captures the power and beauty of France’s Camargue horse [print] (The wild and precious life of an ancient equine species [web]).” Pasatiempo (2024).^[14]
• Berndt, Mark; Bonanno, Tony. Images by Bonanno, Tony. “The Conversations: Tony Bonanno.” Leicas and Scotch (2024).^[15]
• Wolman, Baron. Images by Bonanno, Tony. “‘Horse of the Sea’ Showcases Stunning Equine Photography by Tony Bonanno.” Red River Paper (2024).^[19]
• Anderson, Tim. Images by Bonanno, Tony. “Horse of the Sea by Tony Bonanno.” Shadow and Light Magazine: The Art of Photography (2024).^[30]

• Official website
• Art Photo Index
• Santa Fe Workshops
• Red River Pro
• Hooves and Dust
• CubaStreet | The Cuba Project
• The White Horses of the Camargue
• Edition One Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
• Sterling Fine Art, Silver City, New Mexico
• Lucky Pig Gallery, Colorado Springs, Colorado