Exhibition: Scapes – Benjamin Healley
Photographer Benjamin Healley is compelled to capture the power of time. It is an endless pursuit—a search for the perfect moment that combines the elements of light, texture, and form. With SCAPES Benjamin takes you on a monochromatic odyssey that celebrates anthropogenic and natural environments alike.
SCAPES is a story of contrast and the ephemeral nature of our world. Benjamin plays with time scales across disparate landscapes, juxtaposing the industrial and natural in a manner that is both familiar and otherworldly. The amalgamation of these opposing forces conjures layers of thought-provoking interpretation, unique to the individual viewer.
Benjamin’s compositions deliberately omit individual figures, creating almost ethereal scenes of seemingly abandoned worlds, but humanity’s fingerprints are intrinsically embedded throughout. The absence of colour, too, strips back each image to its essentials to create a bold vision embodied solely by light and shadow. Each frame is a demonstration of Benjamin’s painstaking craftsmanship, expert eye, and dedication to analog film—all in service of the soul of photography.
SCAPES is an invitation to pause, appreciate beauty in the ordinary, and ponder our own place in the frame of existence.
Gold Street Studios & Gallery. Trentham East, Victoria. 4 October – 26 November 2023
Photograph above. Fairfield Laundrette.
Benjamin, that is a stunning photo of the Fairfield Laundrette. Great to see that large format urban photography is alive and well
The while the sea scapes are beautiful – the city and night scapes are just amazing – must see exhibition.
‘must see exhibition’.
That is difficult if you live interstate as I do. It would be great if a few more images of the city and night scapes were posted online so that we could see them. Is this possible?
Gary, I’ve asked Ben to submit a selection of his night and city images for the Folio section of VCA.
This is a great exhibition. Ben’s night photographs are superb. Beautifully printed silver gelatin photographs.