Dawn Benko

A career-long photojournalist, I began following my true passion, nature and wildlife photography, just seven years ago. When I was working full-time for a daily newspaper in my native New Jersey, it became my little weekend getaway, even if I was going just six miles down the road.

I've taken thousands of photos, but only a fraction of those make it into my "fine art" collections. The rest while away their days on an external hard drive. Actually, it's four external hard drives. I'm a little paranoid about losing my work and haven't quite embraced the "Cloud".

I've often thought about those lonely images and wondered how I could put them to good use. So I've been experimenting with different ways of creating new images from the old.

Enjoy!