Why Ben Digs Black and White
Jun 4, 2013Recently Ben was asked why he likes working with black and white images. Here’s what he had to say: “Without the color I can more clearly focus on the formal elements of image making such as rhythm, texture and space.” “Occasionally I’ll see a color image that totally seduces me. What can I do, I’m […]
Joe’s Mac Museum
May 30, 2013There goes our first laptop to be enshrined in the Mac Museum hall of fame at PSIMac’s office in Norwalk! It’s a 17 inch PowerBook G4 introduced in January 2003. “The biggest laptop Apple ever made,” says Joe and “one of the better models. You can’t even get that size now. The largest screen on […]
Unplugging
May 21, 2013For the past four years we’ve returned to the same place to unplug from the day to day and plug into each other. We’ve discovered the perfect setting to do this, a small private island in the Grenadines where we have no Internet, phone and TV, only a handful of other guests and complete privacy. […]
Art to the Avenue
May 21, 2013Art to the Avenue presents Moments of Grace: Fine Art Portraits on display at Dream Spa & Salon at 151 Greenwich Avenue in Greenwich, CT. Twenty-three of Ben’s portraits can be viewed throughout the spa and salon during Greenwich’s annual Art to the Avenue festival starting May 2, 2013. Art to the Avenue is Greenwich […]
Layers of Meaning
Apr 18, 2013Each layer shows different aspects of Trudie, adding to the story of how I experienced her that day, on Nantucket, the summer of 2012. I’ve combined the layers of texture, tone and rhythm to expand the visual complexity and meaning of the final image. I invite the viewer to step back and reflect on how […]