Biography
Benson Margulies was born in middle Pennsylvania, and has been fascinated by the mechanics of photography since the 1960s. He photographed for the MIT yearbook, and later made many images of doors in Florence and rusty fishing boats in Seattle. He has worked with materials ranging from traditional darkroom photography to digital to cyanotypes, and back again. More recently, he has been striving to understand the motivations of his eye beyond a desire to see from multiple perspectives, to which purpose he has studied with Jessica Keener in the deep pandemic and Emily Belz at the Griffin Museum of Photography’s Atelier program.
Benson took a S.B. degree from MIT in 1982, and proceeded to a career in software development and management, with a particular emphasis on human perspective. Since his retirement, he has waded into project-based photographic work along the Assabet River.
Works Exhibited:
- Griffin Museum of Photography, Online exhibit, “Crowds and Celebrations: Scenes of American Life” (2026)
- PH21 Gallery, Barcelona, “Significant Color” (2026)
- Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, “COMPOSED - Balance / Repetition / Disruption” (2026)
- Buddy Holly Center, Lubbock, Texas, “Illuminance 2026” (2026)
- Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA, “Glimmer” (2026)
- Black Box Gallery, Portland, OR, “Camera Work: Shadows” (online) (2026)
- Rhode Island Center for Photographic Arts, Providence, RI, “Open Call” (2026)
- Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, “Black and White” (2026)
- PH21 Gallery, Barcelona, “Stories” (2026)Decode Gallery, Tucson AZ, “Square” (2026)
- Griffin Museum of Photography, “Atelier 40” (2026)