BIO

Jason Bentsman is a writer of literature and fine art photographer. He's been taking photos for many years now, both analog and digital, and started sharing them with the world fairly recently. Some have appeared to date in literary and art magazines and a few galleries, including The Brooklyn Review, The Montreal Review, The Cardiff Review, The Amsterdam Quarterly, F-STOP Magazine, Feature Shoot, The Museum of Americana, The American Center for Photographers, Ephemere Gallery Tokyo, and others. He recently released a debut photobook, titled Which Cannot Be Seen, from 89Books Italy, which has been described as metaphysical, cinematic, nostalgic, and dreamlike.

ARTIST STATEMENT

Jason Bentsman has been taking photos for many years now, both analog and digital, and started sharing them with the world fairly recently.

In his photos generally he tries to capture that which cannot be captured, which is to say, the transcendent. He finds this much more of an intuitive than rational process.

His work has been described as metaphysical, cinematic, nostalgic, and dreamlike.

He recently released a debut photobook from 89Books Italy (publishers of world renowned photographers such as Bruce Gilden, Boris Mikhailov, and Miron Zownir) titled Which Cannot Be Seen.

The selections are some of his more probing, searching, and multifaceted—reaching for the depths. All deal with form, light, shadow, and time to unearth certain deeper themes and aspects of our form bound existence. They can at once be seen as symbolic, and immediate.

As the publisher describes the book: “Jason is aiming to expose something that cannot be perceived—the transcendent—probing to decipher the hidden aspects of our existence. He is putting us into an intricate hide and seek play between the light, shadow, and us, the viewers."