Lee Marmon, Benny Pacheco
Lee Marmon
1925-2021
Laguna Pueblo
Date
1984
Medium Specific
Photograph
Classification
Photograph
Dimensions
20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
Accession Number
2008.20.10.65
Credit
Gift of the Artist
Memo / Artist Statement
I took this great shot of Bennie, the sheepherder after he got off his horse. Not too long after I took this picture, Bennie was found shot. I never learned the details of his death. Bennie's full name was Bennie Pacheco. His older brother, Mariano Pacheco, was the first Laguna killed in World War II. He's buried at the Laguna Mission. (Marmon, Laguna Pueblo: A Photographic History, p.104)
Biography
One of America’s most renowned Native American photographers, Marmon began his career in 1947, photographing elders and members of his community in Laguna Pueblo, New Mexico. Over the past fifty years Marmon’s work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. His diverse portfolio includes work with Columbia Pictures, official photographer for the Bob Hope Desert Classic for eight years, a Commission for the White House in 1972, and most recently photographing for the American Indian College Fund. The portfolio features photographic prints from throughout his career.