中文简介：

本书通过摄影师、策展人、印刷商和同事的采访、评价和轶事，向一位传奇人物致敬，他的名字是影印复制的演变历史和哲学的代名词。从为保罗·斯特兰德（Paul Strand）制作铂金版画，与李·弗里德兰德（Lee Friedlander）一起制作书籍，到自己的喷墨和数字胶印工艺实验，以及担任耶鲁大学艺术学院的教师和院长，直至2017年去世，本森通过指导和工作激励了学生和工匠30多年。本书通过文字和图像，证明了本森的机智、智慧以及对摄影图像如何呈现和连接我们与世界的痴迷。

英文简介：

Through engaging interviews, testimonials, and anecdotes from photographers, curators, printers, and colleagues, Object Lesson: On the Influence of Richard Benson pays homage to a legendary figure whose name is synonymous with the evolving history and philosophy of photographic reproduction.From making platinum prints for Paul Strand and books with Lee Friedlander to his own experiments with inkjet and digital offset processes, and as a teacher and dean of the Yale School of Art, by the time of his death in 2017, Benson had inspired over three decades of students and artisans through his mentorship and work. In words and images, Object Lesson stands as a testament to Benson's wit, wisdom, and incomparable obsession with how photographic images render and connect us to the world.