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Cafe, Aix-en-Provence
19" x 19" Fine Art Print
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Andrea Pansa, Amalfi
19" x 19" Fine Art Print
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Aquatic 2
19" x 19" Fine Art Print
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Aquatic 1
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Atlantis 1
19" x 19" Fine Art Print
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Atlantis 3
19" x 19" Fine Art Print
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Giardino Vista Varenna
19" x 19" Fine Art Print
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Positano Vista
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Atlantis 2
19" x 19" Fine Art Print
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Cernobbio Vista
19" x 19" Fine Art Print
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City Street Ride
19" x 19" Fine Art Print
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La Mer 1
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Ponte Rialto di Notte
19" x 19" Fine Art Print
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Villa Contarini, Lecco
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Willow Tree
19" x 19" Fine Art Print
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Ponti di Venezia No. 1
19" x 19" Fine Art Print
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Villa Monastero, Lago di Como
19" x 19" Fine Art Print
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Arches with Campanile Vista
19" x 19" Fine Art Print
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Asolo, Veneto
19" x 19" Fine Art Print
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Bellagio Vista
19" x 19" Fine Art Print
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Cafe de Flore
19" x 19" Fine Art Print
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Cafe, Aix-en-Provence
19" x 19" Fine Art Print
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Campanile Vista with Gondolas
19" x 19" Fine Art Print
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Campo di Salute, Venezia
19" x 19" Fine Art Print
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Canal Espresso Bar Guiseppi
19" x 19" Fine Art Print
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Country Oak Tree
19" x 19" Fine Art Print
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Courtyard in Burgos
19" x 19" Fine Art Print
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Courtyard In Venezia
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Eiffel Tower
19" x 19" Fine Art Print
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Enoteca, Toscana
19" x 19" Fine Art Print
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Firenze Bicycle
19" x 19" Fine Art Print
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Galliera Veneta, Padova
19" x 19" Fine Art Print
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Giardini Ornamentale
19" x 19" Fine Art Print
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Giardini Portico
19" x 19" Fine Art Print
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Giardino Mortola
19" x 19" Fine Art Print
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Hampton Gate
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Alan Blaustein is a photographer with a singular focus.
For the past twelve years, he has worked on a photographic series of public benches and their surroundings. His images evoke a contemplative mood, a sense of tranquillity and timelessness, while the benches themselves suggest community and social interaction. He has traveled extensively in the United States and Europe in search of the right settings. He says taking pictures of benches is easier in Europe than in America. In Europe, "the bench materials are more sculpted, more ornate. And you'll find a church from the 15th century in the background. In America, everything seems so new."
His original photographs are printed on watercolor paper using processes dating from the late 1800s, and are often painstakingly hand-tinted with watercolor pigments which offer much more subtlety and diversity than standard photographic dyes. This process has translated well to the poster format, giving them an antique feel.
Blaustein's first job was as an art director for Bloomingdale's in New York. Eventually, Bloomingdale's published a book of his photographs. He holds MFA and BFA degrees in photography and film from the Academy of Art College in San Francisco, California where he is an instructor, and the Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York. His work has been exhibited throughout the United States, including in the San Francisco International Airport. Chronicle Books of San Francisco has also published his bench photographs in a 1996 calendar.