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Cary Benbow

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Photographer, editor, writer, journalist, publishing professional. F-Stop Magazine. Wobneb Magazine. www.carybenbow.com

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Cary Benbow @wobneb.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
And I’m sure now that I’ve written about this- my wife will give me hell about it.
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Cary Benbow @wobneb.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Come to find out - only after a few glasses of wine do I see things like other people. My left eye is dominant, and overrides everything else I see. Once my brain forgets that it needs to ignore the left eye, I start to see things like everybody else. #binocularvsion
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Cary Benbow @wobneb.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Wobneb Magazine’s first feature in a series highlighting photojournalistic work is Jim Mortram's ‘Small Town Inertia’. Read and share: wobnebmagazine.org/2026/02/12/t...
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The Persistence of ‘Small Town Inertia’
Jim Mortram’s photography project, Small Town Inertia, captures the lives of marginalized individuals in Dereham, Norfolk, UK. Grounded in a two-decade commitment to his community, Mortram’s …
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Cary Benbow @wobneb.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
I keep kicking the can down the road ‘cause it’s not worth fighting for months: my bare minimum health ins will cover an annual blood draw. Finally, I give in and pay 30 bucks to the hospital that is charging me for the shortage that my expensive healthcare coverage won’t cover. Living in paradise.
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Cary Benbow @wobneb.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
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Cary Benbow @wobneb.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
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The powerful work of Jim Mortram will be the first feature in a long series of important photographers. Wobneb Magazine is devoting a sustained series of features on contemporary photojournalism. Th...
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Cary Benbow @wobneb.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
I watched a documentary last night about the Homo naledi - I’ve watched it two or three more times so far. Archaeologists were cleaning their preserved teeth In a couple of scenes: Mouths that spoke sounds of mourning over a quarter of 1 million years ago. How much have we really changed?
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Cary Benbow @wobneb.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Who else feels bad about Unsubscribing from a source that is ‘important’ to you? “Oh I really value their coverage” but I cannot stand their hourly/daily reminders that I need to look at whatever the hell they think is important now.
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Cary Benbow @wobneb.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
This turned out nice - a few months in the making but a good story about a photographer coming into his own. www.fstopmagazine.com/blog/2026/no...
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Nowhere In Particular: Interview with photographer Carlos Perez
Carlos Perez’s photographs do not announce themselves loudly. They accumulate meaning through repetition, proximity, and sustained attention. A liquor store shares a building with a post office.
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Cary Benbow @wobneb.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
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An Eastside hub for photographers welcomes experts and newbies, too
Camera enthusiasts are living their best lives at Aurora PhotoCenter with world-class exhibitions, workshops and community.
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Cary Benbow @wobneb.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Sorry Sen. Young, but those SAT words will trip you up every time: conjecture - forming an opinion or supposition about (something) on the basis of incomplete information.
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Cary Benbow @wobneb.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Her artistic strength lies not just in her masterful choices of traditional and contemporary photographic techniques, but in her persistent pursuit of using her art as a powerful tool for meaningful communication and change…each carefully crafted image connects to viewers personally and globally.
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Cary Benbow @wobneb.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
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Interview with photographer Alexandra McNichols-Torroledo
Alexandra McNichols-Torroledo stands as a compelling voice in contemporary photography, her eye and creative practice is turned toward the complicated tapestry of human experience with immigration…
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Cary Benbow @wobneb.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
My ex-brother-in-law is a particle physicist. He has worked at Fermi lab and the large Hydron collider in Bern, Switzerland for years. It is hugely fascinating what happens in the tiniest interactions in particle physics. Funny how chasing the ‘god’ particle is old news.
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Cary Benbow @wobneb.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
I don’t know about anybody else, but I often think about Edie Brickell and what she’s doing. She married Paul Simon… But she had a kick ass band with the New Bohemians in the late 80s and 90s. What’s up, Edie? How’s it going in 2025?
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Cary Benbow @wobneb.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Stanley Greenberg’s ‘Waterworks’: A Deep Dive into NYC’s Water Supply Stanley Greenberg's "Waterworks" is a comprehensive photographic exploration of New York City's water system, consisting of 362 black and white images taken from 1992 to 2024. It examines the city's concealed infrastructure,…
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Stanley Greenberg’s ‘Waterworks’: A Deep Dive into NYC’s Water Supply
Stanley Greenberg's "Waterworks" is a comprehensive photographic exploration of New York City's water system, consisting of 362 black and white images taken from 1992 to 2024. It examines the city's concealed infrastructure, emphasizing its complexity and significance in civic life, alongside a map detailing over 400 sites. The work highlights access, labor, and historical context.
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Cary Benbow @wobneb.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
'Close to the Bayou' by Dimitri Staszewski is a deeply personal journey of survival, a celebration of the human spirit’s capacity to endure, and a reminder to cherish the connections that illuminate our lives. carybenbow.substack.com/p/a-journey-...
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Cary Benbow @wobneb.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
This is bad form. Writers and visual creatives should heed notice from Medium...
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Cary Benbow @wobneb.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Toshio Shibata’s ‘1987’: A Photographic Journey in Cappadocia In 1987, photographer Toshio Shibata captured significant images during his explorations in Turkey's Cappadocia and along Egypt's Aswan Western Agricultural Road. These photographs, reflecting Shibata's early work and emerging style,…
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Toshio Shibata’s ‘1987’: A Photographic Journey in Cappadocia
In 1987, photographer Toshio Shibata captured significant images during his explorations in Turkey's Cappadocia and along Egypt's Aswan Western Agricultural Road. These photographs, reflecting Shibata's early work and emerging style, coincide with his upcoming exhibition "Early Works" at Zeit-Foto Kunitachi in Tokyo and are featured in a new publication.
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Cary Benbow @wobneb.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Mital Patel’s Exhibition: Art for Wildlife Conservation Mital Patel hosts a philanthropic event and exhibition at Christopher Martin Gallery to benefit Ol Pejeta Conservancy, debuting the Tembo Collection, a luxury fusion of wildlife photography and apparel. The event features intimate photography…
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Mital Patel’s Exhibition: Art for Wildlife Conservation
Mital Patel hosts a philanthropic event and exhibition at Christopher Martin Gallery to benefit Ol Pejeta Conservancy, debuting the Tembo Collection, a luxury fusion of wildlife photography and apparel. The event features intimate photography of endangered rhinos, with proceeds supporting conservation efforts and engaging discussions about the conservancy's impact.
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Cary Benbow @wobneb.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
When you realize that a 209% crop is better on your #Fujifilm XE2s vs the #Nikon d300 you’re trying to make work in a difficult light environment. #photojournalist problems
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Cary Benbow @wobneb.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Doomsday prediction: Trump fires the Copyright Office Director, & Elon Refugee gets ahold of copyright protected content in the US copyright office - we’re looking at another Google vs. the World scenario. Ooops! I’ve already done it. Try to stop me.
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Cary Benbow @wobneb.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
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Cary Benbow @wobneb.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
The Heart of the Matter: Carrie Mae Weems and Her Vision Carrie Mae Weems: The Heart of the Matter is a monograph highlighting the artist's exploration of history, identity, and power through various mediums. It features her significant works and reflects her spiritual and philosophical journey,…
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The Heart of the Matter: Carrie Mae Weems and Her Vision
Carrie Mae Weems: The Heart of the Matter is a monograph highlighting the artist's exploration of history, identity, and power through various mediums. It features her significant works and reflects her spiritual and philosophical journey, supplemented by essays from renowned scholars, enhancing understanding of her impact on contemporary discourse regarding race and injustice.
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Cary Benbow @wobneb.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Mads Holm’s HRTLND is a powerful exploration of life in a rapidly changing world HRTLND, by Danish photographer Mads Holm, captures life in 20 countries, reflecting on modern societal tensions through striking urban imagery. The book explores themes of connectivity, militarization, and societal…
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Mads Holm’s HRTLND is a powerful exploration of life in a rapidly changing world
HRTLND, by Danish photographer Mads Holm, captures life in 20 countries, reflecting on modern societal tensions through striking urban imagery. The book explores themes of connectivity, militarization, and societal fragmentation, presenting a layered narrative that challenges perceptions. It serves as both an artistic statement and a political act, with reflective texts and a foreword by Donald Weber.
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Cary Benbow @wobneb.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
"The message is clear: financial concerns trump moral commitments." carybenbow.substack.com/p/funding-ov... #education #diversity #inclusion #censorship #politics #culture #Indiana #BallStateUniversity
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Funding Over Values? DEI Office Closure and Art Censorship Tarnishes Ball State University
The True Price of Federal Funding in the face of DEI Elimination and the Chilling Effect on Free Expression
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Cary Benbow @wobneb.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
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Cary Benbow @wobneb.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Ed Panar’s ‘In The Vicinity’: A Photographic Journey in the Emerald Triangle Ed Panar's "In The Vicinity" presents a glimpse into the clandestine cannabis cultivation of Northern California's Emerald Triangle, captured between 2007 and 2017. The book's photographs evoke a mysterious world of…
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Ed Panar’s ‘In The Vicinity’: A Photographic Journey in the Emerald Triangle
Ed Panar's "In The Vicinity" presents a glimpse into the clandestine cannabis cultivation of Northern California's Emerald Triangle, captured between 2007 and 2017. The book's photographs evoke a mysterious world of hidden operations amid evolving legalization. A unique bonus zine reveals the cannabis plant, emphasizing the blend of secrecy and modern economy.
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Cary Benbow @wobneb.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Exploring Migration and Identity: Hélène Amouzou’s Upcoming Exhibit In June 2025, photographer Hélène Amouzou will unveil a site-specific photo installation in London’s Royal Docks, co-curated by The Line and Arup Phase 2. Focusing on identity, migration, and memory, the project, involving local…
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Exploring Migration and Identity: Hélène Amouzou’s Upcoming Exhibit
In June 2025, photographer Hélène Amouzou will unveil a site-specific photo installation in London’s Royal Docks, co-curated by The Line and Arup Phase 2. Focusing on identity, migration, and memory, the project, involving local refugees, launches during Refugee Week. It builds on Amouzou’s past acclaimed work and aims to foster cultural exchange.
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Cary Benbow @wobneb.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Upcoming: ‘A Breathtaking’ community mixer with Julien Chatelin at Filter Space, Chicago Members and friends are invited to a Community Mixer on April 30th at Hana Pietri Gallery featuring French artist Julien Chatelin. He will discuss his exhibition, "A Breathtaking," followed by socializing and…
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Upcoming: ‘A Breathtaking’ community mixer with Julien Chatelin at Filter Space, Chicago
Members and friends are invited to a Community Mixer on April 30th at Hana Pietri Gallery featuring French artist Julien Chatelin. He will discuss his exhibition, "A Breathtaking," followed by socializing and a garden projection. The event is free, running from 6:00 to 8:00 PM, fostering connections within Chicago's photography community.
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Cary Benbow @wobneb.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Poems and Photographs: A Creative Dialogue "Ensnaring the Moment," edited by Leah Ollman, is an innovative anthology featuring over 100 poems responding to photographs from various contexts. These poets examine photography's influence on perception and memory, revealing deep connections and the…
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Poems and Photographs: A Creative Dialogue
"Ensnaring the Moment," edited by Leah Ollman, is an innovative anthology featuring over 100 poems responding to photographs from various contexts. These poets examine photography's influence on perception and memory, revealing deep connections and the philosophical complexities of images, while exploring personal and public narratives, psychological insights, and cultural omissions in photographic history.
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Cary Benbow @wobneb.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
If anyone thinks "Nothing ever happens in my little, piddly, rural town in the middle of nowhere" you just need to wait. Anything can happen now that we're in TR!@#P 2.0 - National coverage via NYT/WSJ and Indy national affiliate networks in 2020. I'm ready this time www.nytimes.com/2020/08/01/u...
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A School Reopens, and the Coronavirus Creeps In (Published 2020)
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Cary Benbow @wobneb.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Ball State University needs to have the guts to join an agreement like this. Instead, they caved. www.wfyi.org/news/article...
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Ball State ends DEI programs to comply with state and federal orders
Ball State University is ending programs focusing on diversity, equity, and inclusion, and changing some language it uses to promote those concepts. As IPRs Stephanie Wiechmann reports, school officia...
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Cary Benbow @wobneb.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Indiana Governor Mike Braun will have to own this if he passes the state budget that severely cuts funding for k12 & higher-ed schools, healthcare and public media. SHAME on our state elected officials for just "doing what made sense." That's "just" complicit with authoritarian rule.
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Cary Benbow @wobneb.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Saddened to learn that my local public broadcaster WFYI and WIPB will lose their ENTIRE state funding. I spent over an hour waiting on the phone to reach my state government representatives yesterday to express my disappointment.
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Cary Benbow @wobneb.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Exploring Myths: The Enchanted Ones by Stephanie Pommez The Enchanted Ones by Stephanie Pommez is a photo book blending reality and myth, inspired by Brazilian Amazon legends. Documenting traditional midwives, their spiritual stories, and mythical beings like the Boto, Pommez's black-and-white…
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Exploring Myths: The Enchanted Ones by Stephanie Pommez
The Enchanted Ones by Stephanie Pommez is a photo book blending reality and myth, inspired by Brazilian Amazon legends. Documenting traditional midwives, their spiritual stories, and mythical beings like the Boto, Pommez's black-and-white images evoke a world of mystery. The work preserves cultural heritage through visual storytelling of coexistence.
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Cary Benbow @wobneb.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Sneaky last-minute change eliminates all funding listed for Indiana public media! No public review was possible before Thursday's vote. mediahttps://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2025/04/24/indiana-state-budget-public-broadcasting-cuts-trump-npr-pbs/83249189007/
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As Trump pushes to defund NPR and PBS, Indiana lawmakers insert last-minute state funding cut
The federal government may consider cuts to NPR and public media in general; now, Indiana is also eliminating funding.
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Cary Benbow @wobneb.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
From an NPR article today: "The NIH plans to gather information from a wide range of private sources, including pharmacy chains, hospitals and wearable devices with health sensors, like smartwatches." Blatant attempt at overreach if you ask me. www.npr.org/2025/04/23/n...
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NIH autism study will pull from private medical records
The National Institutes of Health plans to pool information from private sources like pharmacies and smartwatches.
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Cary Benbow @wobneb.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Explore Identity in Heart’s Content Exhibition at Aurora PhotoCenter In May, Aurora PhotoCenter opens 'Heart’s Content' featuring BFA Photography seniors' work exploring identity through various media, running until May 16th. Savannah Calhoun's 'Meta Specter' on nostalgia runs until May 15th. Leah…
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Explore Identity in Heart’s Content Exhibition at Aurora PhotoCenter
In May, Aurora PhotoCenter opens 'Heart’s Content' featuring BFA Photography seniors' work exploring identity through various media, running until May 16th. Savannah Calhoun's 'Meta Specter' on nostalgia runs until May 15th. Leah Darden’s film 'I Define Me' will screen on May 8th, complemented by a panel discussion. Workshops on photo basics are available.
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Cary Benbow @wobneb.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
This person is a member of ‘important’ organizations in the photographic/journalistic field. Kids trying to find their way in the world will read this. -- Editors and proofreaders: please don’t fail them!
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Cary Benbow @wobneb.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
I wasn’t sure if the writer was not a native English speaker/writer or not. (Yes, is the answer: American born and raised, educated and has worked for decades in the press) So is it AI? Is it poor editing by the publication? Does nobody ‘read’ anything anymore?
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Cary Benbow @wobneb.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Nothing can make up for the first thing read in an article, magazine, or annual ‘Best of...” publication. I was so looking forward to seeing the annual print version of an organization I joined - only to be smacked with indecisive present/ past tense and active/passive language in the Foreword.
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Cary Benbow @wobneb.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Thanks Rob! I'm sure the sentiment will ring true with Kathy! Thanks for the affirmation! @kathyshorr.bsky.social
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Cary Benbow @wobneb.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
FotoFocus Announces Theme for 2026 FotoFocus Biennial: The Long View FotoFocus announces the eighth FotoFocus Biennial, titled "The Long View," scheduled for October 2026. This month-long event will explore themes of time and perspective in photography, featuring international artists and various…
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FotoFocus Announces Theme for 2026 FotoFocus Biennial: The Long View
FotoFocus announces the eighth FotoFocus Biennial, titled "The Long View," scheduled for October 2026. This month-long event will explore themes of time and perspective in photography, featuring international artists and various programming. It invites proposals related to history, future visions, and technical challenges. Applications for venues are due by September 5, 2025.
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Cary Benbow @wobneb.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Kathy Shorr's Limousine :: Liminal Portraits Between Destinations open.substack.com/pub/carybenb...
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Between Destinations
Liminal Portraits from Kathy Shorr's photobook 'Limousine'
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Cary Benbow @wobneb.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Documenting Climate Crisis: Peter Caton’s ‘Unyielding Floods’ Book Launch Peter Caton, an award-winning documentary photographer, focuses on humanitarian crises in Africa, particularly the ongoing floods in South Sudan. His upcoming photo book, 'Unyielding Floods,' published by Dewi Lewis…
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Documenting Climate Crisis: Peter Caton’s ‘Unyielding Floods’ Book Launch
Peter Caton, an award-winning documentary photographer, focuses on humanitarian crises in Africa, particularly the ongoing floods in South Sudan. His upcoming photo book, 'Unyielding Floods,' published by Dewi Lewis Publishing, captures the villagers' resilience against devastating climate impacts. The project highlights their struggles amidst severe food insecurity and health challenges.
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Cary Benbow @wobneb.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
My exhibition critique/review for F-Stop Magazine this week: Aurora PhotoCenter - “Trained Histories” www.fstopmagazine.com/blog/2025/re...
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REVIEW: ‘Trained Histories’ explores AI’s Intersection with Photography and Historical Narrative
In an age of AI-generated imagery, the question of ‘What is real?’ is more relevant than ever. The exhibition, ‘Trained Histories’, at Indianapolis’s Aurora PhotoCenter doesn’t shy away from this…
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Cary Benbow @wobneb.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
For anyone "still" waiting for the official bell to ring for Dictatorship and Authoritarian regime change: DING
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Cary Benbow @wobneb.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
I pulled off a DIY pinhole set-up for my D300 and XE-2s and shot some work last weekend. Fantastic first results. BUT don’t mess around with your sensor exposed while changing lenses, etc. IT CAN DAMAGE THE SENSOR. ☹️ Lesson learned.
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Cary Benbow @wobneb.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Unearthing Beauty in Domestic Spaces: Sunshine Terrace Emily Shur's "Sunshine Terrace" explores an oddly domestic landscape filled with recognizable yet elusive markers of a deserted neighborhood in Los Angeles. Through her photographic lens, she captures the unique details and humor of this…
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Unearthing Beauty in Domestic Spaces: Sunshine Terrace
Emily Shur's "Sunshine Terrace" explores an oddly domestic landscape filled with recognizable yet elusive markers of a deserted neighborhood in Los Angeles. Through her photographic lens, she captures the unique details and humor of this environment. The limited special edition includes signed prints and a foil-stamped slipcase, heightening its appeal.
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