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| name = Benu Sen
| image = Benu Sen 6926.JPG
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| caption = Sen at [[Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta|Academy of Fine Arts]], Kolkata.
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1932|05|26}}
| birth_place = [[Kolkata]], British India
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2011|05|17|1932|05|26}}
| death_place = [[Barasat]], India
| nationality = Indian
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| employer = [[Indian Museum]]
| organization = [[Photographic Association of Dum Dum]]
| notable works = Pictorial Photography, BS-4 (fine grain developer)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20031010/cth2.htm#6 |title=The Tribune, Chandigarh, India – Chandigarh Stories |publisher=Tribuneindia.com |date=10 October 2003 |accessdate=25 July 2010}}</ref>
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| occupation = Photographer
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| children = One daughter, Banhi
| parents = Manindranath Sengupta, Provabati Sengupta
| relations = [[Biswatosh Sengupta]]
| awards = FRPS, MFIAP
}}

'''Benu Sen''' (26 May 1932 – 17 May 2011) was an Indian photographer from [[Kolkata]], India.<ref>''Pictorial Photography'' 4th Association of Creative Photographers Salon 1989 – publication</ref> He was the second son among seven children of Manindranath and Provabati Sengupta.

He was the Secretary General of the [[Federation of Indian Photography]] (FIP), the Indian chapter of the [[Fédération Internationale de l'Art Photographique]] (FIAP),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fiap.net/pays_continent.php?cont=AL&lang=en |title=International Federation of Photographic Art |publisher=FIAP |accessdate=25 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719114858/http://www.fiap.net/pays_continent.php?cont=AL&lang=en |archivedate=19 July 2011 |df=dmy }}</ref> and President of the [[Photographic Association of Dum Dum]] (PAD).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.padonline.org.in/benusen.php |title=Benu Sen, The Legend of Indian Photography |publisher=Padonline.org.in |date=27 January 2010 |accessdate=25 July 2010}}</ref>
In his book, ''History of Journalism: A Legend of Glory,'' Prof. Santanu Banerjee mentioned, "His passion was to guide the oncoming photographers in the profession. During his life span, he made a pretty number of students dazzled in the arena of photography."<ref>{{cite book
|author = Santanu Banerjee
|title= History of Journalism : A Legend of Glory
|publisher = Suhrid Publication
|year= 2010
|isbn= 978-81-92151-99-1
}}</ref> {{citation needed|date=May 2013}}

==Career==
A Photography Unit was set up in the [[Indian Museum]] in 1964 for photo documentation of art objects.<ref>Comptroller & Auditor General of India, report No. 4 of 2005 (Civil) of CHAPTER III : MINISTRY OF CULTURE, p: 37</ref> Sen was in-charge of the unit. He retired from the museum as Photo Officer in 1990 having contributed many photographic works both in the field of social and cultural anthropology and museum related photographs.

==Publications==
===Publications by Sen===
*''Art of Photography'' (1979)<ref name="Sen1987">{{cite book|author=Benu Sen|title=Art of photography: a guide book for creative photography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e-cgPwAACAAJ|accessdate=25 July 2010|year=1987|publisher=Photographic Association of Dum Dum}}</ref>

===Publications paired with others===
*''Learn Photography.'' Photographic Association of Dum Dum.
*''Experimental Photography.'' Photographic Association of Dum Dum.

==Awards==
*''Life-Time Achievement'' award of Rs. 100,000 and a citation in the pictorialists category conferred by the Vice-President of India, Mohammad Hamid Ansari, 2010, New Delhi.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=65092|title=Press Information Bureau Government of India. Thursday, August 19, 2010. Life-Time Achievement Awards Conferred to Four Legendary Photographers by Vice President Shri M. Hamid Ansari|publisher=pib.nic.in|date=19 August 2010|accessdate=19 August 2010}}</ref>
*Master of Photography (MFIAP), [[Fédération Internationale de l'Art Photographique]]{{Citation needed|date=September 2016}}
*Fellowship of the [[Royal Photographic Society]] of Great Britain (FRPS), 1975{{Citation needed|date=September 2016}}
*EFIAP, Fédération Internationale de l'Art Photographique, 1960{{Citation needed|date=September 2016}}
*ESFIAP, Fédération Internationale de l'Art Photographique, 1972{{Citation needed|date=September 2016}}
*FJIAP (Japan){{Citation needed|date=September 2016}}
*FNPAS (Sri Lanka){{Citation needed|date=September 2016}}
*FPBS (Bangladesh){{Citation needed|date=September 2016}}
*FPAD (India){{Citation needed|date=September 2016}}
*FCOS (Romania)

==Health issues and death==
{{Overly detailed|date=September 2016|section=yes}}
[[File:Benu Sen - Barasat 2011-05-01 00217.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Benu Sen is being comforted by hospital staff on 1 May 2011 at Barasat.]]
Sen was undergoing treatment at a private hospital in [[Barasat]] near Kolkata, from 7 to 15 April 2011, as he had been suffering from retention of urine due to [[prostate]] enlargement and low [[haemoglobin]] count due to his previous heart problem with [[diabetes mellitus]]. Surgery of the prostate gland was suggested.<ref>"Sri Benu Sen Is Recovering Now (15th April, 2011)." Sri Benu Sen Is Recovering Now.(15 April 2011). Web. 15 April 2011. <http://padalumni.net/index.php> {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110419165744/http://padalumni.net/index.php |date=19 April 2011 }}.</ref>

On the evening of 19 April 2011 Benu Sen was readmitted to the previous hospital at Barasat, for a pre-surgical preparation of prostate gland [[File:Health Status Meeting For Benu Sen - Barasat 2011-05-16 00253.jpg|thumb|right|240px|Several meetings held by the senior persons of Photographic Association of Dum Dum and the hospital personnel on 16 May 2011 for the health crisis of Benu Sen at Barasat.]] surgery.<ref>"Sri Benu Sen Got Re-admitted in BCR&WC Barasat on 19th April, 2011." Web. 20 April 2011.</ref> Some physiological problems developed due to his old age.<ref>"Benu Da's Operation Has Been Delayed Due to Low Level of Potassium Balance.." Welcome to the PAD Alumni. Web. 24 April 2011. <http://padalumni.net/index.php?option=com_content> {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823234020/http://padalumni.net/index.php?option=com_content |date=23 August 2011 }}.</ref> On 16 May 2011 Sen suffered from a serious chest infection, leading to the deterioration of his health and he was transferred to the [[Intensive Care Unit]] (ICU).<ref>"PAD Alumni." Welcome to the PAD Alumni. Web. 17 May 2011. <http://padalumni.net/index.php?option=com_content> {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823234020/http://padalumni.net/index.php?option=com_content |date=23 August 2011 }}.</ref> He died on 17 May 2011 in Barasat.<ref>The History of Journalism : A Legend of Glory by Santanu Banerjee [p. 141], Suhrid Publication, {{ISBN|9788192151991}}, 1st Edition,2013.</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:20th-century Indian photographers]]
[[Category:Artists from Kolkata]]
[[Category:2011 deaths]]
[[Category:Indian art curators]]
[[Category:Indian photojournalists]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian journalists]]
[[Category:Indian portrait photographers]]
[[Category:Journalists from West Bengal]]
[[Category:Writers from Kolkata]]
[[Category:Photographers from West Bengal]]

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