Peter Bennetts Explained

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

Contributor

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

Exhibitions

Solo

• (2008) Recent Architecture Photography

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]

External links

• Peter Bennetts Website
• Dwell, The Melbourne Supremacy, Interview with Peter Bennetts
• 42 Days Interning for Architectural Photographer Peter Bennetts

Notes and 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.
4. http://www.peterbennetts.com/project/view/project/casa-da-musica-porto Casa da Música by Office of Metropolitan Architecture.
5. http://www.peterbennetts.com/project/view/project/maxxi-rome MAXXI – National Museum of the 21st Century Arts by Zaha Hadid Architects.
6. http://www.peterbennetts.com/project/view/project/barcelona-pavilion Barcelona Pavilion by Mies van der Rohe.
7. http://www.peterbennetts.com/project/view/project/torre-agbar Torre Agbar by Jean Nouvel.
8. http://www.peterbennetts.com/project/view/project/melbourne-rectangular-stadium Melbourne Rectangular Stadium by COX Architects & Planners.
9. http://www.peterbennetts.com/project/view/project/jane-foss-russell-building Jane Foss Russell Building by John Wardle.
10. http://www.peterbennetts.com/project/view/project/acca Australian Centre for Contemporary Art by Wood Marsh.
11. http://www.peterbennetts.com/project/view/project/bill-henson Bill Henson by Peter Bennetts.
12. http://www.peterbennetts.com/project/view/project/jean-nouvel Jean Nouvel by Peter Bennetts.
13. http://www.peterbennetts.com/project/view/project/peter-cook Peter Cook by Peter Bennetts.
14. http://www.peterbennetts.com/project/view/project/greg-lynn Greg Lynn by Peter Bennetts.
15. http://www.architecturemedia.com/aa/aaissue.php?issueid=200903&article=3& Architecture Australia, Radar Exhibition.
16. http://www.fallscreek.com.au/ArtistsCamp by Falls Creek, Victoria Artist's Camp.
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.