Welcome Probus Photos! I’m John Gleason, Jr, a photographer, with a special interest in pinhole photography.

I can be reached by email for sales, workshops, and other information.

I have photographed under the pseudonym, Probus for almost forty years.  My influences include Ralph Eugene Meatyard, and Duane Michals. Naturally, my photography relies on movement and the surreal effect that is captured on film. I started my journey with pinhole photography back in 2007, but I hadn’t taken it seriously as a form of expression until I took a trip to Jackson Hole, in 2015. There I was able to reconnect with same passion of years past. I started mining from that same etheral place as before. My new subject matter has been ancient trees in various forms of decay. The long exposures and blurred background isolates the pain and suffering of these old sages.

 
Probus in the Wild

Probus in the wild.

Open Waters, Virginia Beach

Open Waters, Virginia Beach 8/2018

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Active on the web, since November 11, 1995

 

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