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A Peculiar Paradise
Florida Photographs
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About The Book
Benn, born and reared in Miami, reveals in his first-person commentary the circumstances surrounding the development of his career and an insider's look at working for National Geographic Magazine during a period of that publication's internal management conflict. A Peculiar Paradise offers an entertaining and subjective volume that reflects Benn's affection for his hometown and celebrates the economic and social re-invention of Florida that eliminated most of what was familiar from his boyhood.
Product Details
- Publisher: powerHouse Books (November 20, 2018)
- Length: 200 pages
- ISBN13: 9781576879016
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Raves and Reviews
"The book is a rich source of the kinds of things that make the state such an interesting place, and a look back at one of the most fertile times in its history, the 1980s."
– The Washington Post
"Benn paints a complex and surreal picture of his native state in the newly resurfaced project."
– HUCK
"The issues and tensions in the over 100 images, whether ecological or political, are often still present, makingA Peculiar Paradisea timely return to this decades-old work."
– Hyperallergic
"A cross-section of heady, South-Atlantic life emerges from this half-autobiography, half-ethnography as Benn assumes a naturalist's eye and a Rockwell-esque predilection towards the range of human emotion that can be portrayed in a still image."
– Musee
As seen in: SouthFlorida.com, Miami New Times, WLRN, PDN Photo of the Day, The Guardian, Orlando Weekly, AI-AP, Albuquerque Journal
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