David Benjamin Sherry Found Himself in Nature
Now he’s doing everything he can to save it. “What I’m photographing is the decline of the American West.”
Hello—
Welcome to a new edition of GAYLETTER. Today we meet David Benjamin Sherry, an artist whose work brings that feeling of oneness found in nature to the canvases that his photos are printed on. Even in a gallery, or through a screen it’s hard not to be awed by David’s photos of the monumental landscapes of the American west.
Landon Gray Mitchell spends some time in Benjamin’s world for this story, and we all get to spend some time enjoying a selection of Benjamin’s colorful, organic artworks.
-Tom & Abi
TEXT BY LANDON GRAY MITCHELL
PHOTOGRAPHY BY DAVID BENJAMIN SHERRY
Of course, David Benjamin Sherry isn’t the first photographer to document the American West. In our conversation, he rattled off names like Ansel Adams, Imogen Cunningham, Minor White and Edward Weston. In fact, David uses the same camera — a standing 8x10, which looks like an accordion on stilts — that captured so many iconic images of Western landscapes. The difference is what David does when he’s alone in the darkroom.
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