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Introduction
Richard Mead Atwater Benson (November 8, 1943 – June 22, 2017) was an American photographer, printer, and educator who used photographic processing techniques of the past and present. "He is perhaps best known for his innovations in photographic offset printing techniques and, later, ink-jet printing." Benson was awarded two Guggenheim Fellowships and a MacArthur Fellowship. His work is held in the collections of Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and Whitney Museum of American Art.
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Introduction
A photographer and printmaker who embraced the use of offset printing as a fine-art technique for photographic prints. He authored a book, The Printed Picture, about photographic printing processes, and taught at Yale for over 30 years. He acted as dean of the art school there from 1996 to 2006. He was a MacArthur fellow in 1986 and received two Guggenheim fellowships.
Nationality
American
Gender
Male
Roles
Artist, Author, Professor, Printer, Photographer
Names
Richard Benson, Chip Benson, Richard Mead Atwater Benson
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Works

61 works online

Exhibitions

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Publications

  • Photography at MoMA: 1960 to Now Edited by Quentin Bajac, Lucy Gallun, Roxana Marcoci, and Sarah Hermanson Meister, 2015 Hardcover, 368 pages
  • Richard Benson: North South East West Peter Galassi and Richard Benson, 2011 Hardcover, 128 pages
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