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Richard Benson

By Peter Barberie

Richard Benson Travel

Richard Benson

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A wide-ranging retrospective that reveals a master printer’s own photographs to be technically brilliant work of remarkable breadth and complexity This book presents the first in-depth survey of photographs by Richard Benson (1943–2017), who approached photography as a thrilling set of technical challenges and used the medium to craft profound depictions of people, the spaces of their lives and work, and the products of their labor. An essay by curator Peter Barberie interweaves examination of Benson’s photographic practices with the story of his ideas, writing, and reproductive printing, while photographer An-My Lê, Benson’s former student, offers her perspective on his teaching, family life, and art. The book begins with his stunning darkroom prints in silver and platinum and follows his trajectory toward extraordinary digital photography, culminating in later color prints that are at once elegant and garish, representing the contemporary world in vivid detail. Benson’s democratic eye also extended to human subjects: he photographed loved ones and strangers with extraordinary attention, and directed the same gaze to the buildings and landscapes entwined with individual lives. Published in association with the Philadelphia Museum of Art Exhibition Schedule:Philadelphia Museum of Art (October 3, 2021–January 23, 2022)
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
152
Release Date:
2021-10-19
Publication Date:
2022-01-11
Publisher:
Yale University Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0876332017
ISBN13:
9780876332016
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
1236 g
Height:
310 cm
Width:
255 cm
Thickness:
22 cm
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