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02 the book as object I Saw You and I Must Behave by Bruce Connew Stopover by Bruce Connew Looking for the Local — Architecture and the New Zealand Modern by Justine Clark and Paul Walker A Short History of Photography by Harvey Benge Montana Estate Essay Series Four Winds Press Muttonbirds — part of a story by Bruce Connew Cover Up: The Art of the Book Cover in New Zealand by Hamish Thompson
A Short History of Photography by Harvey Benge With essay by Gerry Badger Published by Dewi Lewis, 2007 Launched in London at The Photographers’ Gallery in November 2007: “Harvey Benge’s work here is a meditation on photographic style. While looking through his contact sheets, he noticed that one of his pictures reminded him of a “Friedlander”, while another reminded him of someone else. All photographers do this, and if the photograph in question apes the another photographer too closely, it’s usually a cause for rejection.” – Badger A commentary on Adams, Baltz, Baldessari, Barney ... |
