DEATH IN CRETE, plate 20 (folio 46) from AN AEGEAN NOTE-BOOK

Roloff Beny was a Canadian photographer and filmmaker whose practice centered on architectural and landscape documentation across the Mediterranean, Middle East, and Asia. Working primarily in color photography from the 1950s onward, he produced richly saturated images of built heritage and natural terrain that emphasized formal composition and chromatic intensity. His work appeared in major publications and exhibitions during the postwar period, establishing him as a significant recorder of non-Western architectural traditions at a moment of rapid global change.

Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada