February 17, 2026 - New Zealand / Photographer / Social - Street

Harvey Benge

Harvey Benge was born in 1944 in Palmerston North, New Zealand, and came to photography relatively late in life, after careers in science and business. He studied biochemistry at the University of Otago and later worked in research and commerce before turning to photography in the 1990s. This unconventional path — arriving at art through […]

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RESOURCES

This is where I keep the research — over 200 studies of the photographers, writers, curators and exhibitions I’ve found most compelling. Each entry offers a summary of their practice together with a few examples of their work, where copyright permits.

FOCUS


Browse by genre (use the hamburger menu above on mobile) — Street, Fashion, Landscape, Documentary and others. Most of these categories took shape during my MFA studies and many of the people here appear in multiple categories.

NATIONALITIES

View landmark exhibitions like New Topographics and The Family of Man alongside individual studies of Magnum photographers and many others, like the "Terrible Three", who have shaped the way we see.