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Andalusian Sun Flowers
35" x 17" Fine Art Print
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Price: $231.99
Cotona Sunflowers #1
32" x 24" Fine Art Print
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Cafe de Flore
32" x 24" Fine Art Print
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Price: $264.99
Crescent Beach Calm 2
38" x 28" Fine Art Print
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Price: $386.99
Crescent Beach Calm 3
38" x 28" Fine Art Print
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Island Lighthouse No. 1
35" x 17" Fine Art Print
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Price: $231.99
Island Tide Pool No. 2
36" x 20" Fine Art Print
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Price: $256.99
Island Tide Pool No. 7
32" x 18" Fine Art Print
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Price: $226.99
Jardin Portique No. 1
36" x 36" Fine Art Print
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Price: $578.99
Jardin Portique No. 2
36" x 36" Fine Art Print
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Toscana Valle No.2
32" x 24" Fine Art Print
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Western Plains Sunrise
38" x 28" Fine Art Print
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Notre Dame - View from the Seine
42" x 36" Fine Art Print
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Price: $614.99
Bridge Of Sighs #1
26" x 36" Fine Art Print
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Price: $301.99
Giardino sul Lago #4
26" x 36" Fine Art Print
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Villa Balbiano No. 3
36" x 36" Fine Art Print
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Price: $578.99
Banc de Jardin No. 3
33" x 28" Fine Art Print
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Price: $360.99
French Jardin No. 14
36" x 36" Fine Art Print
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Price: $578.99
French Jardin No. 27
36" x 36" Fine Art Print
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French Jardin No. 31
36" x 36" Fine Art Print
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Italia Gardens No. 12
36" x 36" Fine Art Print
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Aquatic 2
36" x 36" Fine Art Print
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Island Tide Pool No. 5
36" x 20" Fine Art Print
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Price: $256.99
Aquatic 1
36" x 36" Fine Art Print
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Price: $578.99
Giardino Vista Varenna
36" x 36" Fine Art Print
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Seaglass 4
30" x 36" Fine Art Print
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Price: $389.99
City Street Ride
36" x 36" Fine Art Print
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Price: $578.99
Willow Tree
36" x 36" Fine Art Print
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Venetian Canale #8
26" x 36" Fine Art Print
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Price: $301.99
Bridge Illuminated
35" x 17" Fine Art Print
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Price: $231.99
Country Oak Tree
36" x 36" Fine Art Print
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Price: $578.99
Courtyard in Burgos
36" x 36" Fine Art Print
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Price: $578.99
Courtyard In Venezia
36" x 36" Fine Art Print
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Price: $578.99
Crescent Beach Calm 1
32" x 24" Fine Art Print
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Price: $264.99
Crescent Beach Calm 4
32" x 24" Fine Art Print
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Price: $264.99
Firenze Bicycle
36" x 36" 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.