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| 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  |
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| 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.
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| Clouds Above Whipple Mountain
20" x 16" - $525 |
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| 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 |
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| 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.
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