Benjamin Edwards (born 1970) is an American visual artist known for his work with satellite maps, architectural blueprints, and computer models as source material.
[2] Edwards is known for his paintings that employ appropriated imagery such as satellite maps, architectural blueprints or computer models as source material.
[3][4][5] His 2004 painting Immersion, for example, used cartography to explore the impact of the highway system on the development of the American suburbs.
[5][7][8] In other works, he has created landscapes from images of fast-food restaurants, commercial signs, condominiums, shopping malls, convenience stores or corporate logos.
[14] Tanden was the nominee-designee for Director of the Office of Management and Budget in the Joe Biden presidential administration briefly before her nomination was withdrawn after opposition.