about
Steven Benson holds a MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art and a BFA from the College for Creative Studies. He has 35 years of teaching and freelance photography experience and was a Professor of photography/video and Chair of the Southeast Center for Photographic Studies, School of Photography and Media Studies at Daytona State College. He received three Creative Artist Grants-Michigan Council for the Arts and an NEA/ArtsMidwest Fellowship. Collections include the Museum of Fine Art-Houston, Detroit Institute of Arts, Centre Georges Pompidou, and Museet for Fotokunst-Denmark. Solo exhibitions include the Centre Georges Pompidou and photography festivals/biennials/triennials in Argentina, South Korea, Germany, Syria, Poland, China, Denmark, and FotoFest (2004 & 2008). A forty-year retrospective of his work, "Steven Benson: Space and Time-40 Years in Photographs" was on view at the Southeast Museum of Photography. He is a Contributing Curator for the Southeast Museum for Photography since 2014 producing retrospective exhibitions of Roger Ballen and Arno Minkkinen. Steven served SPE as a National Board member 2011-2014. He is Vice President of ASMP-Greater Florida and is Vice President of the board of directors of Snap! Orlando, FL. www.stevenbensonphotographer.com Instagram: @stevenbensonphotographer
