Steve Benbow – Part 2

Nov 18, 2023 · 54m 20s
Steve Benbow – Part 2
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STEVE BENBOW IN CONVERSATION WITH BRIAN CARROLL CHEPSTOW, AUGUST 2023 (released on the Ffoton podcast 18 November 2023) Part 2 of 3 Steve Benbow trained in photography under David Hurn...

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STEVE BENBOW IN CONVERSATION WITH BRIAN CARROLL
CHEPSTOW, AUGUST 2023
(released on the Ffoton podcast 18 November 2023)

Part 2 of 3

Steve Benbow trained in photography under David Hurn on the original Newport Documentary Photography course in the mid-1970s, after which he was a founding member of the Ffotogallery in Cardiff, a founder of the respected London-based ‘Network’ Agency of photojournalists; and an international professional photojournalist for over twenty years working with photo agencies in London, Paris and New York.

Along with his wife Kate, a photo editor at The Times and US News and World Report, he returned to Wales and started the Photolibrary Wales for Wales-specific stock stills images; and then Video Wales for video production. Steve is now retired from photography but was one of the top names on Ffoton’s hit list of photographers to interview when planning for our website and podcast in mid-2014. Mission accomplished.

This is the second of three parts where Steve recalls a busy period in his career including being shot in Northern Ireland during the Troubles there. After relocating from the UK to New York in the USA where he undertook many big assignments - including his image of Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, for the cover of TIME magazine - he and Kate moved to Paris where he took on assignments across Europe for Press titles across the world. The couple then decided to move back to Wales in the UK where he focussed more on Corporate photography - all the while retaining copyright in his images and continued to build a valuable archive of his own images.

Banner image © Brian Carroll 2023.

Please note: Comments or views made by interview participants are their own and are NOT necessarily the views of the Ffoton Wales team.

Also available on the Ffoton YouTube channel

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