HARVEY BENGE: A Short History Of Photography “It is religion rather than

“It is religion rather than race that now defines the local communities

The residents of these neighbourhoods make use of what is available – often re-using materials entirely out of context and in truly original ways

writer and curator based in Paris

The images are contemplative and thoughtful and reflect his primary concern for the ‘making’ of an image

HARVEY BENGE: A Short History Of Photography “It is religion rather thanHARVEY BENGE introduced by Gerry Badger 'While looking through his contact sheets, Harvey Benge noticed that one of his pictures reminded him of a Friedlander, another someone else. All photographers do this, and if the photograph in question apes another photographer too closely, its usually a cause for rejection. But Benge did the opposite. Picking out his Friedlander and his Parr and his Baltz he decided to make an anthology of contemporary