# Benjamin Swett

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Photographer and writer **Benjamin Swett** was born on March 3, 1959, in [Washington, D.C.](/source/Washington,_D.C.) Educated at [Andover](/source/Phillips_Academy) and [Harvard University](/source/Harvard_University), he worked for a number of years for the [New York City Department of Parks and Recreation](/source/New_York_City_Department_of_Parks_and_Recreation), where he photographed and wrote about neighborhood parks around the city.[1] His first publication, *Great Trees of New York City: A Guide*, was for the Parks Department.[2]

His subsequent works have all featured text and photographs.[3] *Route 22* (2007) is a narrative history of [the state highway](/source/New_York_State_Route_22) that stretches from the Bowery in New York to the Canadian border near [Montreal](/source/Montreal).[4] 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](/source/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.[5] The photographs from *Route 22* have been exhibited at [Albany International Airport](/source/Albany_International_Airport) and the Arts Center of the Capital Region in [Troy, New York](/source/Troy,_New_York), and the photographs from *New York City of Trees* at [The Arsenal](/source/Arsenal_(Central_Park)) Gallery in [Central Park](/source/Central_Park) and [Wave Hill](/source/Wave_Hill).[6]

## Bibliography

- *Great Trees of New York City: A Guide* (New York: New York Tree Trust, 2000, ASIN B0006RE0M6)
- *Route 22* (New York, Quantuck Lane Press, 2007, ISBN 978-1593720261)
- *The Hudson Valley: A Cultural Guide* (New York: Quantuck Lane Press, 2009, ISBN 978-1593720353)
- *New York City of Trees* (New York: Quantuck Lane Press, 2013, ISBN 978-1593720520 )

## Awards

- New York Society Library 2013 New York City Book Award for *New York City of Trees*[7]
- [International Grenfell Association](/source/International_Grenfell_Association) 2015 Grant for "Creating the Grandois Archive"[8]

## References

1. Alder, Margot (April 30, 2013). ["New York: A Concrete Jungle and 'City of Trees,' Too"](https://www.npr.org/2013/04/30/178639313/new-york-a-concrete-jungle-and-city-of-trees-too?sc=tw&cc=share). National Public Radio. All Things Considered. Retrieved 24 December 2015.

1. Gardner Jr., Ralph (June 8, 2014). ["Putting Wave Hill in Focus"](https://www.wsj.com/articles/ralph-gardner-jr-visits-wave-hill-in-riverdale-1402281328). Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 27 December 2015.

1. Frazier, Ian. ["Tree Person"](http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/03/04/tree-person). No. March 4, 2013. The New Yorker. Retrieved 24 December 2015.

1. Ross, Rita (November 2007). ["Road Trip"](http://www.hvmag.com/Hudson-Valley-Magazine/November-2007/Road-Trip/). Hudson Valley Magazine. Retrieved 6 January 2016.

1. Guralnick, Margot (September 30, 2013). ["Required Reading: New York City of Trees by Benjamin Swett by Margot Guralnick"](http://www.gardenista.com/posts/required-reading-new-york-city-of-trees). Gardenista. Retrieved 6 January 2016.

1. La Gorce, Tammy (28 August 2015). ["At Wave Hill, Photos of New York's Trees, 'Living Archives' of the City"](https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/30/nyregion/at-wave-hill-photos-of-new-yorks-trees-living-archives-of-the-city.html?_r=0). NY Times. Retrieved 24 December 2015.

1. ["The New York City Book Awards 2013"](https://www.nysoclib.org/events/new-york-city-book-awards-2013). *The New York Society Library*. Retrieved 6 January 2016.

1. Roberts, Stephen (July 27, 2015). ["Grandois hosts 2015 Come Home Year"](http://www.northernpen.ca/community/2015/7/27/grandois-hosts-2015--come-home-year------.html). Northern Pen. Retrieved 6 January 2016.

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