Infrastructure: Highway Deconstruction

• Prize
  Silver in Architecture/Others Architecture
• Photographer
  Steven Benson, United States
• Studio
  Steven Benson Photography
• Website
  http://www.stevenbensonphotographer.com

The altered landscape has been an integral element of my photographic practice. For the past nine-years, I’ve been creating images that explore the activities and artifacts associated with the process of transforming the landscape by the construction underway for an enormous highway infrastructure project. My goals are very different from anyone else working on the new I-4 highway running through Central Florida. The engineers and construction workers are focused on weight loads and distribution, gravity, traffic flow and water runoff. I’m exploring the aesthetics of the construction process.

Steven Benson is a photographer/educator/independent curator. Formerly, Professor of Photography/Video, Chair of the School of Photography/Media Studies and Chair of Interactive Media at Daytona State College. He holds a MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art. Collections include the Museum of Fine Art-Houston, Detroit Institute of Arts, Bibliotheque Nationale-France, Centre Georges Pompidou. Solo exhibitions of his photography include the Centre Georges Pompidou and photography festivals/biennials/triennials in Argentina, South Korea, Germany, Syria, Poland, China, Denmark and Fotofest (Houston).

Awards International Photographer of the Year, Exposure One Awards, 2024

Exhibited and collected internationally.

Please visit my website for more details and photographs.

www.stevenbensonphotographer.com