Resonance

• Prize
  Bronze in Special/Street Photography
• Photographer
  Steven Benson, United States
• Studio
  Steven Benson Photography
• Website
  http://www.stevenbensonphotographer.com

For the past 50 years I’ve been making photographs for this body of work I think of as “Conceptual Documentary”. Photographing occurrences we experience as signs of a reality that seem to live on the edges of our consciousness. In significant ways, this work is strongly informed by writers like Camus, Sartre and Dostoevsky. The images acknowledge that reality is an individual and collective creation. These photographs ask questions about the nature of reality and truth. As Jean Baudrillard once told me during a picnic in Arles, "The photograph is not a document, it is a fiction."

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