October Photo Competition Night
October’s Theme: Image of a natural space – no domesticated animals or man-made habitats
Judge: Ben Greenburg
Ben Greenberg is a lifelong resident of Virginia who moved back to Charlottesville in 2002. He has photographed scenic vistas and wildlife in Virginia, the mid-Atlantic area and many locations in the United States for more than fifty years. His carefully crafted images have won local, national and international awards and competitions.
Ben takes great pride in creating color and black and white photographs of the highest quality true to his subjects. He uses the best of traditional and new cutting edge photographic technology, creating his medium format photographs from slide film and images from the newest high end full frame digital cameras and printing them accurately to portray the outstanding natural beauty of his subjects. His photographic prints and all materials used in their presentation, including matting and framing, meet the highest archival quality standards.
Ben photographs his subjects in Virginia and the nation for their most dramatic images. His landscape and wildlife images come from twenty-one states across the nation as well as twenty-one national parks and numerous other national and state parks and public lands.
Ben published his first photography book, Natural Virginia, in March 2014. It is a coffee table size book that celebrates the natural beauy of Virginia with 122 panoramic landscape photographs from throughout the state. Natural Virginia is dedicated to all who take pleasure in experiencing first hand the state’s scenic locations. More detailed information is available on its website: www.naturalvirginiabook.com. Ben’s second Virginia book is a work in progress. It has a working title of Natural Public Lands of Virginia.
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Ben Greenberg Photography, P.O. Box 1046, Charlottesville, VA 22902
Cell Phone: 804-467-8212; ben@bengreenberg.com; www.bengreenberg.com