Lee Marmon, Benny at Sheep Camp
Lee Marmon
1925-2021
Laguna Pueblo
Date
1984
Medium Specific
Photograph
Classification
Photograph
Dimensions
16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
Accession Number
2008.20.10.61
Credit
Gift of the Artist
Memo / Artist Statement
One of my favorite photographs is the one I call Bennie at Sheep Camp. One day in the summer of 1984, my son, Chris, and I went south on the road to Acoma, out to the sheep camp. Bennie was there on his horse, herding the sheep. I took this great shot of him with his horse and the sheep and goats in the background - some of them cooling themselves in the sides of the sandstone cliffs. (Marmon, Laguna Pueblo: A Photographic History, p.86)
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.