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Norsk museum for fotografi - Preus fotomuseum present
”As It Happens”
Photographs by Jim Bengston
Born Evanston, Illinois, 1942. Grew up in Chicago area. Studied literature at Lake Forest College, graduating with honors, 1964.
Shortly after entering graduate school at Princeton University decided against academic career & joined army,1965.
Became interested in photography while stationed in Germany. Assistant to base photographer, 1967-1968.
Photo editor at Associated Press, New York, 1969 & 1970.
Moved to Oslo, Norway, with family and worked as copywriter, translator and photographer at advertising agency Young&Rubicam, 1971-1975.
Freelance photographer, Oslo, since 1975.
Exhibited extensively in Europe and USA, since 1978.
Represented in such collections as Art Institute of Chicago; Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris; Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki; Henie Onstad Art Center; Lillehammer Art Museum; MoMA, New York; MoMA, San Francisco; National Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo; Norsk museum for fotografi – Preus fotomuseum
Books:
”Afterwords”, New York 1978
”Slow Motion”, Germany 1986
”Empty Landscape”, Oslo 1996
The address is: Karljohansvern, Horten
Pressphoto order by e-mail:Monika Jensen or phone +47 3303 1630
If you have further queries, please contact Astrid Roberg on +47 3303 1630 / astrid.roberg@foto.museum.no
Please refer to the number by the photography you want.
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