Ben Rose (1916 – 1980) was an American photographer.
Ben Rose started as a photographer when he was a young man. He was graduated from the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art in 1938 and where he taught Photography and Advertising Photography from 1945–1950.[1] His first show at the A-D Galley was in 1941 with Arnold Newman with whom he had grown up in Atlantic City.[2] He has been noted for his contribution of high technology and electronics to photography by designer Louis Dorfman.[3]
He, together with Irving Penn, was part of the "Philadelphia Group" that had studied with Alexey Brodovitch in the 1930s.[4]
Books
Books that have been illustrated with Ben Rose's photography include:
- Picture Cookbook by The Editors of LIFE, Mary Hamman, 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 [Editor], Alexey Brodovitch [Art Director]: Cincinnati. Zebra Press, Volume 1, Number 2, Summer 1950. First Edition. Folio.