Author: Cary Benbow

Cary Benbow is a writer, editor, photographer, and publishing professional based in Greenfield, Indiana. See his work at www.carybenbow.com
Photographer

Reading Rebecca Solnit: 17 Photographers and Curators on Her Influence and Inspiration

In this article by Jon Feinstein at Humble Arts Foundation, the writing of Rebecca Solnit is highlighted and given affirmation from a number of photographers, curators, and writers. I share it here in Wobneb Mag because I always like to see how much influence can come from writing about images. The work written by Solnit transcends talking about pictures, into talking about life, and how one can … Continue reading Reading Rebecca Solnit: 17 Photographers and Curators on Her Influence and Inspiration

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Interview, Photographer

GenderQueer – Intimate and Genuine: An interview with Chloe Aftel

GenderQueer — Intimate and Genuine Gender is a current topic of discussion and debate — politically, and socially. A political debate wages on in several states to decide who should use which restroom based on their assigned gender at birth, versus the gender with each person identifies themselves. Time Magazine’s cover story for March 27, 2017 is ‘Beyond He or She’; how a new generation is defining how they relate … Continue reading GenderQueer – Intimate and Genuine: An interview with Chloe Aftel

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Book Review

Havana: Light Beyond Vision by Andrew Child

A Visual Exploration through Color Infrared Panoramic Photography For the past several years, Boston based photographer Andrew Child has been traveling off of the beaten path in Havana, Cuba and its surrounding countryside, capturing rare images that explore its many hidden gems. Using his truly unique approach allows the photographer to reveal sunlight that would otherwise be invisible to the naked eye. Over sixty of … Continue reading Havana: Light Beyond Vision by Andrew Child

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Exhibition

Art & Oppression: PhotoSummer Exhibit Opportunity @ CENTER

ART & OPPRESSION CENTER and the Santa Fe University of Art & Design’s Marion Center for Photographic Arts will host an exhibition and discussion on the theme of Art & Oppression to kick off PhotoSummer’s 2017 events. We invite you to submit your images and participate in the upcoming events surrounding photography’s important role in activism and advocacy. The exhibition will open at the Marion Center for … Continue reading Art & Oppression: PhotoSummer Exhibit Opportunity @ CENTER

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Interview, Photographer

After the Firebird – Magical images by Ekaterina Vasilyeva

Storytelling is something we humans have always been doing, to some degree. Telling all sorts of tales has been an important part of our lives for millennia. Themes that all great storytellers use; birth, growth, destruction, death, and rebirth are important aspects of what it is like to be human, and what its like to experience life. There are a number of Russian folktales that … Continue reading After the Firebird – Magical images by Ekaterina Vasilyeva

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Photographer

Small Town Inertia photo book project – J A Mortram

Surviving life and austerity on the margins Jim Mortram is a photographer from Dereham, Norfolk, UK. He has been photographing members of his community who are on the fringes of society.  For the last seven years, Jim has been photographing the lives of people in his community who, through physical and mental problems and a failing social security system, face isolation and loneliness in their … Continue reading Small Town Inertia photo book project – J A Mortram

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