{"id":643090,"date":"2026-05-02T13:34:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T13:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/643090\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T13:34:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T13:34:10","slug":"new-black-and-white-monograph-proves-the-rollercoaster-of-family-life-makes-for-the-most-powerful-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/643090\/","title":{"rendered":"New black-and-white monograph proves the \u201crollercoaster\u201d of family life makes for the most powerful photos"},"content":{"rendered":"

From societal upheaval to sporting moments of glory, there are many types of events and subjects that can make iconic, stirring images. But perhaps the most powerful, emotionally evocative photos are those created a little closer to home\u2014of our family and friends, and the funny, wild, scary, sad, and happy times we share with them.<\/p>\n

In her new monograph, Holy Cow!, US-based photographer Melonie Bennett<\/a> captures this \u201cemotional rollercoaster,\u201d depicting the \u201crituals, traditions, dramas, laughter, and drunken exploits\u201d of life as a member of a Maine dairy farming family.<\/p>\n

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Mary, Nine Months Pregnant, 1996 (Image credit: \u00a9 Melonie Bennett)<\/p>\n

Taken over a period of 20 years, from 1990\u20132011, the nostalgic black-and-white frames reveal scenes of the \u201cabsurd and unexpected,\u201d such as a dog wearing cowboy boots, boys playing cards in bras, heading home at 2 a.m. after a moose hunt, and college kids streaking through farmland.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThis collection of photographs presents the world I know\u2014the complicated, mad world that includes my father, mother, brother, sister, friends, dogs, babies, extended family, and the stuff of life,\u201d Bennett said in a press release.<\/p>\n

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The Boys Experiencing What it Would be Like to Have Cleavage, 1993 (Image credit: \u00a9 Melonie Bennett)<\/p>\n

Melonie Bennett (b. 1969) lives and works in Maine. She graduated from Maine College of Art with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in photography before beginning her career as an assistant to photographer Judy Glickman Lauder in 1991. Since then, her work has been included in more than 60 exhibitions across the US and internationally.<\/p>\n

Her latest project, Holy Cow!, is an ode to all families, highlighting how each and every one is unconventional in its own way. You can preorder a hardback copy from the publisher, GOST Books<\/a>, for $55 (\u00a340 \/ \u20ac50), with publication scheduled for May.<\/p>\n

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