Books New York City of Trees, Route 22, Trees of New York City | ||
Benjamin Swett, photographer and writer, was born on March 3rd 1959 in Washington D.C. Educated at Andover and Harvard University, he worked for a number of years for The New York City Department of Parks and Recreation where he photographed and wrote about neighborhood parks around the city. His first publication, Great Trees of New York City: A Guide, was for the Parks Department.
His subsequent works have all featured text and photographs. Route 22 (2007) is a narrative history of the road that stretches from the Bowery in New York to Montreal. This book, along with The Hudson Valley: A Cultural Guide (2009), and New York City of Trees (2013), were all published by Quantuck Lane Press. New York City of Trees, winner of the New York Society Library's 2013 New York City Book Award for Photography, provides photographs and descriptions of unusual or characteristic trees around the five boroughs of New York City. The photographs from Route 22 have been exhibited at The Albany International Airport and the Arts Center of the Capital Region in Troy, NY and the photographs from New York City of Trees at The Arsenal Gallery in Central Park and Wave Hill.