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Bridge Of Sighs #1
16" x 24" Fine Art Print
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Giardino sul Lago #4
16" x 24" Fine Art Print
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Seaglass 4
16" x 20" Fine Art Print
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Venetian Canale #8
16" x 24" Fine Art Print
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Monterosso Seaside #3
16" x 24" Fine Art Print
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Santa della Maria Salute #1
16" x 24" Fine Art Print
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Scala Contarini del Bovolo #2
16" x 24" Fine Art Print
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Sunrise Atrani #4
16" x 24" Fine Art Print
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Eiffel Tower and Carousel II
16" x 24" Fine Art Print
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Eiffel Tower View I
16" x 24" Fine Art Print
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Eiffel Tower View II
16" x 24" Fine Art Print
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Eiffel Tower View III
16" x 24" Fine Art Print
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Al Teatro Cafe, Venezia
13" x 20" Fine Art Print
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Seaglass 1
16" x 20" Fine Art Print
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Gondola Rialto Bridge #1
16" x 24" Fine Art Print
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Venetian Canale #20
16" x 24" Fine Art Print
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Caffe, Amalfi
13" x 20" Fine Art Print
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Nautical Illuminations No.2
16" x 20" Fine Art Print
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Norway Maple
16" x 20" Fine Art Print
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Seaglass 2
16" x 20" Fine Art Print
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Seaglass 5
16" x 20" Fine Art Print
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Bruano #15
16" x 24" Fine Art Print
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Scala Contarini del Bovolo #1
16" x 24" Fine Art Print
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Eiffel Tower and Carousel I
16" x 24" Fine Art Print
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Montalcino Street Lamp #1
16" x 24" Fine Art Print
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Piazza San Marco Sunrise #8
16" x 24" Fine Art Print
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Rezzonico Harbor #3
16" x 24" Fine Art Print
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View of Eiffel Tower
16" x 24" Fine Art Print
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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.