Ben Sarao
Artist Statement:
“AGENCY can invoke response.
Agency can be as simple as bumper sticker mentality.
Agency can be little teasers... posters or billboards.
Agency can be torn... by time or by intent.
Agency can be inspired or just shitty graffiti in a bathroom stall.
Agency is when somebody does something... then someone does something else to our brains.”
Artist Bio:
“Ben Sarao is the Executive Director of Primary Image. He works on long term documentary projects. His photographic documentaries include: The New Frontier Revisited, America's Early Space program, exhibited at NASA Headquarters; Eternal Garden of the Villa Borghese, made with the support go the Gli Amici d' Villa Borghese, City of Rome, as well as, The American Academy in Rome as a Visiting Artist; and, Shared Tragedy, a documentary on the effects of toxins in the environment that are causing birth defects worldwide. In July 2021, the entire United Nations delegation received digital copies of Shared Tragedy. The book is in three languages and it is available internationally online for free at: sharedtragedy.com.
In 2022, Ben was recognized as an Associate Fellow of the AIAA; and, he was the recipient of a Vivian Award from The National Press Club, Washington, DC.”