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It was February 14 and we decided to spend our evening at Lumber Yard restaurant in Amherst, MA where only four months earlier we had hung our permanent installation of Ben’s fine art portrait photographs. This would be our first time experiencing Lumber Yard alive as a bustling restaurant. The co-owner, Cindy Nelson, warmly greeted […]

Trudie and Ben comment on “Trudie, Beauty Mask 2011”: Ben about photographing Trudie: “Each time I saw Trudie with the mask it took me by surprise. Something about it was aboriginal. One day we were in the bathroom and I saw it again. I couldn’t let it go by any longer. I had to photograph […]

So many people had photographed Gates that Ben had lost interest….. but then it started snowing and everything changed. By noon that day he was so excited that he dropped everything to go into the city for a study. It was the only snowfall while the exhibit was up. There are two things Ben often […]

We were invited to create a permanent photography installation in the new restaurant created by Cindy and Rolf Nelson, Lumber Yard, located in Amherst, MA. We’ve worked with Cindy and Rolf for many years, displaying “Moments of Grace” at their famed Sconset Café on Nantucket. This newest project, a modern day bistro located in the […]

A permanent photography exhibit of fourteen images was on display at the now closed Lumber Yard Restaurant, a modern day bistro located in the Historic District of Amherst, MA. This newest project, built entirely from raw space by the owners of the famed Sconset Café on Nantucket, was designed to maximize the potential of Ben’s […]