Eileen Benjamin was born and raised in the
San Francisco
Bay Area. She obtained a Bachelor
of Science
in Business Administration and
worked
for Lockheed Missiles and Space for
fifteen
years as a project coordinator in
the Space
Systems Division, where she developed
an appreciation
for creativity, technical
detail
and precision performance. In 1981,
upon
moving to Southern California with her
husband
and son, she began to study photography.
She studied
at Pierce Community College,
Otis
Parsons Art Center and took several
workshops
(Ansel Adams Technical Black-and-White
Workshop,
Bruce Barnbaum Darkroom Workshop
and Bruce
Barnbaum and Jay Dusard Field Camera
Workshop).
Frazer and Thompson Saddle
11"
x 14"
- $325
Eileen's photography career began when she
moved
to Telluride
in 1985.
The move to Telluride
allowed
her to
act on
her own dreams of photographing
full
time.
Her focus
had been on the man-made
beauties
of bridges
and buildings
in the
midst
of the
bustling
emergence of technology
in Silicon
Valley.
Her move
to Telluride
was more
than
a dream
realized and a change
of place.
Her focus
and dedication
were now
re-directed
to the
beauty
in God's creation
with
the personal
challenge
of reflecting
the scope
and complexity
of nature
and people
of the
San Juan
Mountains
and the Four Corners
region
through
black-and-white
photography.
Clouds Above Whipple Mountain
20"
x 16"
- $525
Eileen lives for light. She finds its full
spectrum
within the landscapes and portraits
she photographs.
By working in black-and-white,
she finds
that details within the spectrum
of light
have room to come into focus. Every
element
of the photograph has time to unfold
in both
the photographer's and the viewer's
eye when
seen in black-and-white. Hiking,
skiing,
jeeping and flying in helicopters
with
a 4x5 Linhof field camera to peaks,
canyons
and other remote locations are enhanced
when
she revives those images in her studio.
She enjoys
every step in producing her images
from
finding the unique quality of light
in the
landscape and finding a natural environment
for her
Native American portraits through
the meticulous
and creative darkroom process
and the
final presentation.
Fall Aspens, West Meadows
16"
x 20"
- $525
Fifteen years later, Eileen Benjamin is recognized
as one
of the
most
accomplished
black-and-white
photographers
in Colorado.
Eileen's
work
is found
in many
personal
and corporate
collections
throughout
the United
States
and abroad.
Some
of her
corporate
clients
include: Goldman,
Sachs,
&
Co.,
Time
Warner Cable, Inc.,
Ford
Motors,
Toyota,
Northern
Telecom, Southern
Transport,
California
Trust
of the
West,
Blue
Cross/Blue
Shield,
and WestStar
Bank.
Eileen
was featured
in the
Art of
the American
West
exhibition
at the
U. S.
Embassy in Spain.
Along
with
photographs
of Edward
Curtis,
and paintings
by Charles
Russell,
Frederic
Remington
and Thomas
Moran,
her photography
was part
of a
collection
of Art
of the American
West
exhibited
at the
U. S.
Embassy in Spain.
She has
exhibited
in galleries
and shows
throughout
the west
and midwest.
Eileen collaborated with Rosemerry Wahtola
Trommer
on her first book entitled, ifyou listen, with poetry and photography of the San
Juans.
If you listen received a Colorado Independent Publishers
2001
Book Award and a Mountains and Plains
Regional
2001 Book Award. She started her
own publishing
company, Montoya Publishing
in 2000,
where she produced Telluride: Landscapes and Dreams. It received an Independent Publishers 2001
Book
Award
and a Colorado Independent Publishers
2001
Book
Award and is being carried at the
National
Museum
of Art in Washington, D.
C.
Signed Limited Edition Photographs
Original Silver
Gelatin Prints
Archival Quality
- Unframed
Shipping: 14" x 11" - $20
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