Photographer Martin Benjamin will share his 28 years of
taking pictures – from trips abroad to a project with mentally retarded adults —
in an exhibit opening Oct. 22 in the Mandeville Gallery at the Nott Memorial.
“Martin Benjamin: Photographs 1970 to 1998” will
have an opening reception with the artist on Oct. 22 at 4:30 p.m. The show runs through
Dec. 20.
Benjamin, professor of visual arts at Union, has received
many distinguished awards including first prize in the Time-Life Bicentennial Photography
Competition.
Benjamin's life and work over the past 28 years have
been punctuated by events, picture-taking technologies, trips and classes which have
shaped and directed the body of work in this exhibition. The exhibition, in turn, is
organized in terms of these landmarks: trips to Italy, China and England; images of his
wife, Donna; editorial work; infrared and tri-X film; and Good Shots – the ongoing
series of pictures borne of Benjamin's photography class for clients of
Schenectady's Association for Retarded Persons.