Steve Benbow - Part 1 of 3

STEVE BENBOW IN CONVERSATION WITH BRIAN CARROLL
CHEPSTOW, AUGUST 2023
(released on the Ffoton podcast 4 November, 2023)
Steve Benbow trained in photography under David Hurn on the original Newport Documentary Photography course in its second year 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 in London, US News and World Report - Steve 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 the website and podcast started in mid-2014. Mission accomplished!
This is the first of three parts, and explores Steve’s entry into photography, his time on the Newport Documentary Photography course, and the formation of the Ffotogallery in Cardiff in the late1970's.
Please note: Comments or views made by interview participants are their own and are NOT necessarily the views of the Ffoton Wales team.
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