October 16, 1998: Volume 44, Number 6

Benjamin Exhibit Set for Nott

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.

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