Ben Rose (1916 – 1980) was an American

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. Ben Rose started as a photographer when he was a young man. He was graduated from the

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in 1938 and where he taught Photography and Advertising Photography from 1945–1950. His first show at the A-D Galley was in 1941 with

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with whom he had grown up in

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. He has been noted for his contribution of high technology and electronics to photography by designer

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. He, together with

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, was part of the "Philadelphia Group" that had studied with

Alexey Brodovitch Alexey Vyacheslavovich Brodovitch (also Brodovich; be, Аляксей Брадовіч, russian: Алексе́й Вячесла́вович Бродо́вич; 1898 – April 15, 1971) was a Russian-born American photographer, designer ...

in the 1930s.

Books

Books that have been illustrated with Ben Rose's photography include: *

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by The Editors of

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, Editor, New York, NY: Time, Inc., 1958. Second edition 1959, Third edition 1960. Magazines that have been illustrated with Ben Rose's photography includes: * PORTFOLIO. A MAGAZINE FOR THE GRAPHIC ARTS: by Frank Zachary ditor Alexey Brodovitch rt Director Cincinnati. Zebra Press, Volume 1, Number 2, Summer 1950. First Edition. Folio.

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