The
photographs in this body of work evolved
from an interest in public forms of communication
and expression. I became fascinated with
the way different entities of American society
have communicated their sentiments following
the tragedy of September 11th.
The U.S. Government, the corporate sector,
the religious
community and the individual found a specific
form of
expression which best suited their needs.
Photography
and Text by Steven Benson
democratic
book # 9
(h)arris,
"The
images in this series concern an exploration
of the coastline of the Isle of Harris in
the Western Isles of Scotland. The work
is predominantly a psychological exploration
of place, but interleaved with images of
my son Matthew who becomes a metaphor for
the, potentially precarious, twin acts of
exploration and growing up."