Thursday 5th feb - my view of the world

Tonight's guest speaker was Phil Benton, a long standing friend of Cramlington Camera club.
Phil’s talk was entitled “My View of the World” which started of an image from Crosby Beach near Liverpool of one of Anthony Gormley’s statues sunk into the sand. Which Phil has now renamed his talk “Rear View of the World.

His talk is based on a project started during and the period during the Covid crisis. Phi was very ill at the time and like may could not get out much. He started with some images of the Northumberland coastline, from “Mirrored” a view of the Holy Island peninsular looking north to “Golden Light” a view of the castle and old boat huts on the island. As Phil progress his talk each image had an anecdote to indicate its meaning to him and to point out that the unusual viewpoint he takes his images from.

​Moving on to his time as COVID confined him to his garden images of two starlings “chatting” entitled “Bath time” to a “Flight of the Foxglove” showing the unusual angle of the bee coming in to gather pollen.

​Phil also works with a variety of Care homes and Hospitals, sharing his images as decoration in their wellness clinics and public spaces. Offering a bit of peace and tranquillity to residents and patients.
Phil has branched out to interior design, working with designers on projects such as Wallpaper and Splashbacks. All of this adding to his variety of outlets for his images. He also spends a good part of his year at local country fairs where he sets up his Stall. All of his images are free to view on his website.


http://www.philbentonphotography.com/


Colin Livingstone
President