Sobre el Artista

Neither a camera, nor the effects of digital manipulation are used in the creation of Ben’s work. Once the light-sensitive color photographic paper has been removed from the box, special incandescent lights are illuminated. Color photographic chemistry is then spread over the paper and the piece develops while it is being simultaneously exposed. Ben sees photography as alchemy and the darkroom process as a form of photographic ceremony. Jungian concepts of the developing Self are also strong influences on Ben’s work. Ben has displayed his work throughout Ohio and internationally in India. He participated in “My Community Is,” a special exhibition at the Cleveland Museum of Art. One of Ben’s images was recently selected by Barbara Tannenbaum, the museum’s Curator of Photography, for an exhibit hosted by the Artists Archives of the Western Reserve.