Laura
Bennett 1st Place Self-Portraits
"Mother"
2008, Digital Image comprised of scanned film & found medical illustration
Helen’s
Magnolia 2008, from the series Infectious Myth
Silver Gelatin Print
Edith
and the Pin-Ups 2007, (Published in SHOTS Autumn 2008)
Inkjet on Photo Rag
from combined scanned negatives
Mother’s
Mask 2007
Inkjet on Photo Rag from scanned 8 x 10 negative
Cake
2007 (Honorable Mention: Singular Image 2007, The Center, Santa Fe, NM)
Inkjet
on Photo Rag from 8 x 10 scanned negative
"Agnes
and Minnie" 2009, from the series Infectious Myth
Inkjet print
on Photo Rag from scanned 8 x 10 negative
Agnes
and the Fountain 2009, from the series Infectious Myth
Inkjet on Photo Rag
from scanned 4 x 5 pinhole negative
Agnes
in the Yard 2009, from the series Infectious Myth
Inkjet on Photo Rag from
4 x 5 pinhole negative
Path
for Pain 2008, from the Dames of Anatomy series (incl. Thrive Exhibition)
Inkjet
on Photo Rag from scanned glass negative and found medical illustration
Under
Control 2008, from the Dames of Anatomy series (incl.Thrive Exhibition)
Inkjet
on Photo Rag from scanned glass negative and found medical illustration
Curiousity
2008, from the Dames of Anatomy series (incl.Thrive Exhibition)
Inkjet on Photo
Rag from scanned glass negative and found medical illustration
Opposition
2008, from the Dames of Anatomy series
Inkjet on Photo Rag from scanned glass
negative and found medical illustration
Laura
Bennett Pearland, Texas, USA
As
a mother of nine children, Laura Bennett spent many years moving to the rhythm
of others and keeping order in an otherwise chaotic world. During that time she
earned B.A. degrees in Journalism and in Studio Art from Humboldt State University
in California. Her Master’s of Fine Arts degree in Photo / Digital Media
is from the University of Houston, where she occasionally teaches as adjunct Fine
Art faculty.
Bennett’s work has been exhibited in galleries nationwide.
In 2008 her body of work titled Infectious Myth was awarded a grant from the Barbara
Deming Memorial Fund. Myth is an ongoing narrative involving four female archetypes
that Bennett herself created – Agnes, Eleanor, Edith and Helen. Each represents
a transitory phase in the female life cycle. A recent exhibition title Thrive
at Diverse Works in Houston included Bennett’s work from her new Dames of
Anatomy series, a body of work that cleverly combines old glass negatives with
medical illustrations.
Bennett’s work has been published in Christopher
James’ The Book of Alternative Photographic Processes, SHOTS Dreams Issue,
Fotophile, and Photography Forum’s The Best of Photography Annual 2008,
among others. She currently has three pieces in the Texas National Juried Exhibition,
one of which won Honorable Mention.
Bennett uses an old Gundlach 8 x 10,
a 4 x 5 pinhole, a Mamiya RB67 and a 4 x 5 Press King Camera, as well as a Holga
and an Agfa Clack. She makes platinum palladium and silver gelatin prints, but
also scans old glass negatives, film, objects, antique medical illustrations and
found negatives for transformation in the computer.
See
RESUME
SELF-PORTRAITS
1st
Place (12 images)
Laura Bennett,
Pearland, Texas, USA
2nd Place (6 images)
Catherine
E. Money, South Pasadena, California, USA
3rd Place
(3 images)
Diane Silverman, Los
Angeles, California, USA
SELF
PORTRAITS < Honorable Mention Juror Choice
Juror:
Jean Ferro
Photo Artist / President
Women
In Photography International
FAMILY GATHERINGS
1st
Place (12 images)
Susan
Liebold, New York City, New York, USA
2nd Place (6 images)
Judy
Cooper, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
3rd Place
(3 images)
Sarah
Bones, Malvern, Pennsylvania, USA
FAMILY
GATHRINGS < Honorable Mention Juror Choice
Juror:
Audrey Jonckheer
Worldwide Pro
Photographer Relations
Kodak
