Jeffrey Becom
(AMERICAN, B. 1953)
In his photography Jeffrey Becom combines an architect’s love of geometry, pattern, and texture with a painter’s sensitivity to color, light, and composition. He spent the 1980s creating a series of photographs in the lands bordering the Mediterranean Sea. These were collected in his book Mediterranean Color (1990) with Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Paul Goldberger. Becom then documented the painted color traditions of the living Maya throughout Mexico and Central America, culminating in his second book, Maya Color (1997). In 2008 Becom voyaged to India, producing a body of work depicting the beauty and power of the colorful traditions of vernacular Indian architecture. Becom’s latest work focuses on the painted villages of Ecuador as part of a project spotlighting Andean color customs across South America. His extraordinarily vivid images are a testimony to his eye for form and composition. Becom’s photographs are represented in public and private collections throughout the world.
