MARK BENHAM

A self-taught award winning photographer based in South West England. Mark Benham studied graphic design at Southampton Art College, graduating in 1982, going on to work for design firms in England and New Zealand. In 2001 he set up and managed his own design practice before moving over to photography in 2013. Since then his work has spanned a broad range of subjects; from people at work and artisan producers to travel and the environment, which has taken him across the UK, Europe and the World. Today he devotes much of his time to personal work.

International merit: 2024 British Photography Awards - Mobile Phone, Food and Drink category: shortlist Sony World Photography Awards - Open competition, Architecture category: shortlist 2023 British Photography Awards - Fine Art category: shortlist Sony World Photography Awards - Open competition, Architecture category: winner Minimalist Photography Awards - Open category: honourable mention Fine Art Photography Awards - Architecture: professional category nominee (series view; single view) 2022 Minimalist Photography Awards - Open Theme category: honourable mention Urban Photo Awards / Triest Photo Days - People category: semi finalist Earth Photo - A Climate of Change category: shortlist Fine Art Photography Awards - Open Theme: professional category nominee 2021 Minimalist Photography Awards - Open category: honourable mention (view); Abstract category: honourable mention (view) Fine Art Photography Awards - Nature: professional category nominee (view) 2020 Minimalist Photography Awards - Open category: honourable mention (series x 2) Lucie Foundation, In Isolation: You, Me, We - Landscape category: finalist Landscape Photographer of the Year: shortlist (images x 3) Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year - Street Food category: 2nd place Fine Art Photography Awards - Abstract: professional category nominee 2019 Earth Photo - Changing Forests category: shortlist Fine Art Photography Awards - Abstract: professional category nominee Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year - Pink Lady Apple a Day category: shortlist 2018 Earth Photo - Changing Forests category: shortlist Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year - Food for Sale category: commended 2017 Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year - Food for the Family category: 3rd place 2016 Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year - The Philip Harben Award and Food in Action category: 1st place and overall winner La Grande International Photography Awards - Still Life category: 3rd place; Wildlife category: highly commended 2015 Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year - Food for Celebration category: 1st place La Grande International Photography Awards - Children category: honourable mention

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Published: Frames: ‘Colossus’ Duzentos Dias, um retrato de Portugal (Two Hundred Days, a portrait of Portugal). One Eyeland's Best of the Best Photographers (book) 2014.

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