Diane Bennett
December 9 – January 2, 2022
Reception December 9, 2021
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- © Diane Bennett, “Ponyhenge”
Statement
Street photography for me is an act of meditation, using breath and heightened senses to experience one instant, then another. Reminiscent of the Surrealist concept of “objective chance,” there are times when geometry, light and gesture converge, when street-level reality collides with some broader myth, and the public space stretches into something more. I try to record those moments. I search the real, looking for the really real.
Although my style is more subconscious gestalt than documentary photography, I follow the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) guidelines – my images are not staged nor are components materially manipulated beyond their in-camera capture. In so doing, I hope to show that the revelations of the street, just as they are, rival and often surpass those of imagination.
Bio
With or without a camera, Diane Bennett often asks herself: Where is the emotion in these surroundings? This long-standing focus informs her photography, which merges street-level reality, broader myth and personal resonance.
Now a Boston-based photographer specializing in black & white street images, Bennett attributes her visual education to living and working in New York City, with its rich diversity, many art institutions and storied history of street photography. With an academic background in theology and psychology and professional experience ranging from social services to software engineering, Bennett’s photographic practice has grown by working with Doton Saguy (Street Photography Masterclass), Emily Belz (Advanced Critique) and Sue Anne Hodges (Digital Printing) and absorbing many years of inspired programming at the Griffin Museum of Photography.
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Solo Exhibitions
2022 Elastic Sidewalk Series, Concord Free Public Library Art Gallery, Concord, MA
2021 Elastic Sidewalk Series, Griffin Museum of Photography Griffin Gallery, Winchester, MA
Juried Group Exhibitions
2021 BCA Photo Group, The Library Show, Bedford, MA
Juror Erin Carey, Artist, Educator and Independent Curator, MA
2021 PhotoSC, Surrealism: The Unusual & the Subversive, Columbia, SC
Juror Natalie Dupecher, Curator, The Menil Collection, Houston, TX
2021 Concord Art, 22th Annual Frances N. Roddy Exhibition, Concord, MA
Juror Sam Adams, Curator, deCordova Sculpture Park & Museum, Lincoln, MA
2021 Bromfield Gallery, Streetwise, Virtual Juried Exhibition, Boston, MA
2021 Photographic Resource Center, 25th Annual PRC Exposure Juried Exhibition, Boston, MA
Juror Kris Graves, Artist and Publisher of Kris Graves Projects, NY
2021 Griffin Museum, 27th Juried Exhibition, Winchester, MA
Juror Arnika Dawkins, Owner, Arnika Dawkins Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2020 Griffin Museum, 26th Juried Exhibition, (Virtual) Winchester, MA
Juror Paula Tognarelli, Executive Director, Griffin Museum of Photography
2020 SE Center for Photography, Black, White & More, Greenville, SC
Juror Paula Tognarelli, Executive Director, Griffin Museum of Photography
2019 Cambridge Art Association, 2019 Open Photo Exhibit, Cambridge, MA
Juror Karen Haas, Lane Curator of Photographs, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
2019 New England School of Photography, Untold Stories Juried Exhibition, Waltham, MA
Juror Emily Belz, Artist/Instructor, Griffin Museum and deCordova Museum, MA
2019 Suffolk University Law School, Public Domain Day Exhibition, Boston, MA
Juror Erin Carey, Academic Director, New England School of Photography
