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Author Archive: Cary Benbow

About Cary Benbow

Photographer, Writer, Publisher of Wobneb Magazine

Book Review: DIG: Notes on Field and Family by Sarah Wilson

Photographer Sarah Wilson’s grandfather gave her three black metal boxes filled with old Kodachrome slides before he passed away. His annual paleontology digs in West Texas and Big Bend National Park produced those images, which included geologic diagrams, rock formations, bone and skull fragments, and landscapes. When he was a professor of geology and paleontology
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Book Review: Visual Memories and Hidden Places by Paul Caponigro 

Paul Caponigro is a living icon in the world of photography. For over 60 years, the revered American photographer has been sharing his vision of the world through his photographs. His work is often characterized by its emotional intensity and its power to transcend specific subject matter into visual poetry. He is a master of
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Book Review: Daido Moriyama: A Retrospective

Daido Moriyama, widely regarded as Japan’s most important and prolific photographer, has been defying artistic norms for more than 50 years. This detailed and highly anticipated retrospective examines every phase of Moriyama’s vast photography career. It was published in collaboration with the Daido Moriyama Foundation and is based entirely on brand-new research. Moriyama is pioneering
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Interview with photographer Steve Howse

Steve Howse’s series “Charro” is a documentary photo project over ten years in the making. Howse places photographs alongside interviews to tell the story of the Mexican Charro and their place in contemporary Mexican society. The Charro, typically an elaborately dressed horseman or cowboy, has been widely written about and many photo projects have been
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Book Review: Embrace by Rohina Hoffman

In Rohina Hoffman’s captivating book ‘Embrace’, we witness the beauty of human interactions through intimate photographs that stir emotions and touch our hearts. As we delve into her work and juxtapose it with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, we find ourselves yearning for connection even when physical presence seems impossible. One aspect that particularly
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Book Review: COUNTDOWN by Jeanine Michna-Bales and Adam Reynolds

Capturing History’s Silent Witnesses: An Exploration of Mutually Assured Destruction In the remarkable book Countdown, Jeanine Michna-Bales and Adam Reynolds take us on a visual journey through the quiet and evocative landscapes of the Cold War era as seen through sites and structures associated with nuclear offensive and defensive infrastructure in the United States. Their
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Book Review: Rodney Smith: Leap of Faith by Paul Martineau

  In Rodney Smith: A Leap of Faith, the inventive and whimsical photographs from the forty-five-year career of well-known fashion photographer Rodney Smith (1947-2016) are carefully collected. This book serves as the authoritative documentation of the life’s work of this incredibly innovative artist and teacher.  Before finding his expertise in portraiture and fashion photography, Smith
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Book Review: Empire Roller Disco by Patrick D. Pagnano

  The 1970s were a time of great cultural change and innovation. The civil rights movement had won major victories, and the American Black community was experiencing a new sense of freedom and empowerment. This was reflected in the music, fashion, art and pop culture trends of the era. Empire Roller Disco captures all this
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Interview with photographer Vicente Fraga

F-Stop Magazine Issue #119 features the work of Vicente Fraga. Images are featured from his project Adeus. Fraga creates attentive portraiture, quiet landscapes and vignettes of the disappearing traditional way of rural life for people from the Galicia region in Spain. His encounters with people have left a profound impact on him; and he represents
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Book Review: This is Bliss by Jon Horvath

A mix of styles and varied tropes of photographic storytelling are paced throughout Jon Horvath’s first mass published/distributed book, This Is Bliss. Horvath crafts a story constructed from one-part archivist, one-part curator, one-part Beat poet, with a dash of independent filmmaker thrown in for good measure. Horvath draws strength from a variety of styles without
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