Background
Arthur David Bensusan was born in 1921 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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Arthur David Bensusan
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Dr. Bensusan earned Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degrees from Rand School of Social Sciences in 1950.
Career
He was a director of photography at the Medical School in Johannesburg. He also founded and chairs the Bensusan Museum of Photography in Johannesburg and he founded Camera Pictorialists in that city as well. He was a past mayor of Johannesburg and has been a city councillor for sixteen years.
His films include Open Heart Surgery, Decompression Suit, Die Stem van S.A., Thatch Reflection Phenomenon, Rotary Afloat, and New Legs (done approximately 1958-1964).
Achievements
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PUBLICATIONS Books: Drug Exposure, 1971 (Research Publications: Johannesburg); Silver Images, 1966; South Africa: The Land, the People, 1960 (Timmins: Cape Town); A Short History of the Bensusan Family, 1936(?) (Johannesburg); The Exhibition Print, n.d.; Outdoor Photography, n.d.; Photography in South Africa, n.d.; Photography Simplified, n.d.; Pictorial Photographs, n.d.; South African Photogems of the Year, n.d. (Johannesburg).
Membership
Bensusan is a fellow of the Photographic Society of America, RPS, Biological Photographers Association, and the Royal Society of Arts. He is also an Honorary Fellow of the Photographic Society of Southern Africa, an honorary member of the Photographic Society of America and a member of the London Salon of Photography.
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1950