Editorial & Fine-Art Photography
Light, held still.
Dunning Studios is the photography of John Dunning — quiet, precise images of landscape, people, and the built world, made from Brooklyn to the far coast.
- Years shooting
- 12+ Years shooting
- Editorial features
- 40+ Editorial features
- Continents
- 3 Continents
Sports
Motion, tension, and the decisive frame
Fast-action coverage across track, court, water, and road — timed for peak effort and the split second that tells the whole story.
Landscape
Land, light, and the edge of weather
Long-form studies of terrain and atmosphere, made at the quiet ends of the day.
Portrait
Stillness, presence, and quiet light
Low-key studio and location portraits built around gesture, texture, and calm.
Street
The city between decisive moments
Observational frames of movement, reflection, and light across urban streets.
Architecture
Line, rhythm, and structural shadow
Built form reduced to geometry and raking light across three continents.
Still Life
Form arranged for directional light
Deliberate compositions of objects, surface, and shadow made in the studio.
Ongoing series
Bodies of work built over years, not moments
Coastlines
A five-year study of shorelines at the edge of light — fog, tide, and receding land.
City, After Rain
Nocturnal street work made in the hour after a storm, when the city turns to mirror.
Built Form
Architecture reduced to line, rhythm, and shadow across three continents.
About the studio
I photograph the quiet in-between
I'm John Dunning, a photographer based in Brooklyn. My work lives in the calm moments most people walk past — fog settling over a coastline, the geometry of a stairwell, the stillness in a stranger's face.
For over a decade I've worked with editorial clients and private collectors, balancing patient film work with responsive digital shooting. Every frame is composed for restraint: honest light, considered lines, and room to breathe.
Medium-format & film
Shooting Hasselblad and large-format alongside digital for editorial and print.
Editorial features
Published across independent design, travel, and architecture titles.
Selected & exhibited
Prints held in private collections and shown in group exhibitions.
From the journal
Field notes & process
- Mar 20246 minChasing fog on the northern coastNotes from a week spent waking before dawn to catch the marine layer before it burned off.
- Jan 20244 minWhy I still shoot medium-format filmOn slowness, intention, and the discipline of twelve frames per roll.
- Nov 20235 minReading a building before you photograph itHow I find the single line that makes an architectural frame hold together.
Work together
Let's make something still and lasting
Commissions, editorial assignments, and print sales are open worldwide. Tell me about your project and I'll reply within two business days.