Before the Sound

This is my first music video. (or since my MFA Iowa thesis days) Before the Sound began as an experiment in restraint. Not narrative, not spectacle. A slow unfolding of images that sit in the space before momentum, before meaning locks in, before noise takes over. I wanted the visuals to move the way a […]
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Faces & Figures | St. Augustine Art Association

I’m pleased to have two works included in Faces & Figures, a 2026 juried exhibition at the St. Augustine Art Association. The show brings together a wide range of approaches to the human form, and I’m glad to see these pieces hold their own within that conversation. The selected works, Holding the Center and Unapologetic, […]
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girl on sheet music and ocean

Blurred Lines Between Reality and Imagination

Reprinted from First Coast Senior Living, October 6, 2025 St. Augustine-based artist John Gerstner is no stranger to reinvention. With a career that spans journalism, photo journalism, video production, and multimedia storytelling, Gerstner has lived at the crossroads of communication and creativity. A former magazine editor and award-winning book author, Gerstner is best known in […]
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