Peter "Bruce" Bennetts (born 25 March 1967) is an Australian visual artist specialising in architectural photography.

Biography

Born in Sydney, Bennetts spent his childhood in Perth before moving to Melbourne in 1984 to study photography at RMIT University.[1] After graduating, he worked within environmental reporting, contributing images to Lonely Planet and in conjunction with Tony Wheeler co-authored the book, Time & Tide: The Islands of Tuvalu.[2][3]

Bennetts architectural photographs include: Casa da Música by Office of Metropolitan Architecture,[4] MAXXI – National Museum of the 21st Century Arts by Zaha Hadid Architects,[5] Barcelona Pavilion by Mies van der Rohe[6], Torre Agbar by Jean Nouvel.[7], Melbourne Rectangular Stadium by Cox Architecture,[8] Jane Foss Russell Building by John Wardle[9] and the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA) by Wood Marsh.[10]

In 2008, Bennetts produced a solo exhibition titled Recent Architecture Photography, which included portraits of Bill Henson,[11] Jean Nouvel,[12] Peter Cook[13] and Greg Lynn,[14] alongside his commercial architectural work and environmental reporting of Tuvalu.[15]

In 2005, Bennetts co-founded the Falls Creek Alpine Resort Artist's Camp with David Hugh Thomas. The camp is an annual event for contemporary artists at the Falls Creek Alpine Resort.[16]

Publications

Magazines

Bennetts has written mazagine articles for Wallpaper (magazine), Frame (magazine), Mark (magazine), Dwell (magazine), Domus (magazine), Casabella,[17] Architectural Review, Architecture Australia and Artichoke.[18]

Co-authored

  • (2001) Time & Tide, The Islands of Tuvalu (ISBN 978-1864503425)

Contributor

  • (2004) New Conversations with an Old Landscape: Landscape Architecture in Contemporary Australia (ISBN 978-1876907655)
  • (2004) The Phaidon Atlas of World Architecture (ISBN 978-0714843124)
  • (2005) The Travel Book: A Journey Through Every Country in the World (ISBN 978-1741046298)
  • (2008) Phaidon Atlas of 21st Century World Architecture (ISBN 978-0714848747)
  • (2009) Lonely Planet The Cities Book (ISBN 978-1741798876)
  • (2010) Lonely Planet The Travel Book (ISBN 978-1741792119)

Exhibitions

Solo

  • (2008) Recent Architecture Photography [15]

Contributor

  • (2007) The Trouble with the Weather: A Southern Response [19]

Equipment

Peter Bennetts utilises an Alpa camera with Rodenstock GmbH and Schneider Kreuznach lenses paired with a Leaf (Israeli company) Aptus II 10 medium format digital camera back.[20]

Awards

  • (2004) ASLA Professional Awards, Communications Award of Merit [21]

References

  1. ↑ Dwell. About Peter Bennetts. Retrieved 14 March 2011.
  2. ↑ Lonely Planet. Tuvalu Image Gallery. Retrieved 14 March 2011.
  3. ↑ (2001) Time & Tide: the Islands of Tuvalu. Peter Bennetts, Tony Wheeler. (ISBN 978-1864503425)
  4. ↑ Casa da Música by Office of Metropolitan Architecture. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
  5. ↑ MAXXI – National Museum of the 21st Century Arts by Zaha Hadid Architects. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
  6. ↑ Barcelona Pavilion by Mies van der Rohe. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
  7. ↑ Torre Agbar by Jean Nouvel. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
  8. ↑ Melbourne Rectangular Stadium by COX Architects & Planners. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
  9. ↑ Jane Foss Russell Building by John Wardle. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
  10. ↑ Australian Centre for Contemporary Art by Wood Marsh. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
  11. ↑ Bill Henson by Peter Bennetts. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
  12. ↑ Jean Nouvel by Peter Bennetts. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
  13. ↑ Peter Cook by Peter Bennetts. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
  14. ↑ Greg Lynn by Peter Bennetts. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
  15. 1 2 Architecture Australia, Radar Exhibition. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
  16. ↑ by Falls Creek, Victoria Artist's Camp. Archived 20 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 17 March 2011.
  17. ↑ Dedece Photographers, Peter Bennetts. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
  18. ↑ Australian Architects Office Profiles, Peter Bennetts. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
  19. ↑ UTS:Newsroom The Trouble with the Weather: A Southern Response. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
  20. ↑ Peter Bennetts. About. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
  21. ↑ ASLA. 2004 ASLA Professional Awards, Communications Award of Merit. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
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