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Historical February–March 2012 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
John Sappington, his wife and daughter, have called 61xx Kingsbury home since 1988.
A Maryland native, John came to Washington University for college and stayed in St. Louis.
He lived in DeBaliviere Place before coming to our neighborhood.
Some might remember that John was in the wine business for 20 years and was a partner in West End Wines on Belt.
He then turned to freelance writing and consulting with restaurants about their wine list. Photography was always a love of his.
He started taking pictures in middle school.
After leaving retail, he also turned back to photography.
He switched largely to digital and now can print and edit his own photos.
He has done a lot of landscape photos as well as shots of architecture and plants.
His operating principle: shoot photos of things that don’t move much.
He has photographed his more immediate environs: Forest Park, the Botanical Gardens, Tower Grove Park.
He enjoys walking and carries his camera in case something catches his eye. John has family in New Hampshire and visits twice a year.
He extends his visit to neighboring Maine and has taken many shots of the Maine coast.
He likes photographing in winter, which presents a different aspect.
He has also taken pictures in Ireland.
His daughter is working on a Ph.D. at Trinity University in Dublin.
He has shot in Dublin, Belfast, Derry, and County Mayo.
He said he would love to take more pictures in northern California and would also like to work in central Illinois where corn and bean fields extend to the horizon.
It is a different kind of grandeur. That’s in the plans for the next year. John said, “Photography is such an important part of how I see the world.
It feels like I’m doing the right thing now.” When he leaves his camera behind, he tends to miss shots and doesn’t take in the surroundings in the same way. Sappington has exhibited at Wintermarkt several times and a private showing at the home of Ken and Kathleen Cook on 62xx Washington last fall.
He also uses a web site, Kingsburystudios.net, to show and sell photos.
He is exploring opportunities to sell at studios specializing in local art. John and his wife, Mary Kerr, enjoy the neighborhood and can’t imagine living anywhere else in St. Louis.
The diversity, the location, the 2 Metro stations are great as well as the easy walk to the park. And things on Delmar are certainly exciting.
It isn’t that often that an avocation can become a vocation but it has in John’s case.
I bought my first print from him at a Wintermarkt awhile back and keep adding prints.
His shots of the Maine landscape are stunning and I hope readers have an opportunity to experience them.
Original photograph caption
Winter beauty in Forest Park.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, February–March 2012.
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