Background
Jim Bengston was born in 1942 in Evanston, Illinois, United States.
Jim Bengston was born in 1942 in Evanston, Illinois, United States.
Bengston received a BA in German Literature from Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, Illinois, in 1964. He also studied at Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, in 1964-65.
A freelance commercial photographer in Oslo, Norway, since 1975, Bengston was a copywriter/ translator/photographer with Young and Rubicam from 1971 to 1975. He served as photo editor for Associated Press in New York City, 1969-70.
Most of his work is black-and-white, small format, but recently he has been using Polaroid to document "my life, my friends and things which are close to me." He also taked landscapes in 8x10 format.
PUBLICATIONS Monograph: Afterwords, 1978 (self-published). Book: “The Photographed Cat", J. C. Suares, 1980. Periodicals: "Another Site Another Sight," Camera, Nov 1980; "Jim Bengston," Fotoforum, Nov 1980; "A Child's History of Photography," Camera, Dec 1979; "Pointers on Becoming an Author," Jack Manning, N.Y. Times, Mar 1979.
COLLECTIONS MOMA, NYC; Polaroid Cllctn., Cambridge, Mass. Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris; Hem Onstad Kunstsenter, Hdvikodden, Oslo, Norway; Robert Meyer Cllctn., Oslo, Norway.
A member of Forbundet Frie Fotografer since 1978.
