ABOUT
Mark Howarth-Booth, former curator of photographs, Victoria & Albert Museum
Guy Garvey, musician, broadcaster
Megan Wilson, Philip Jones, actors
L to R: Mark Howarth-Booth, Guy Garvey, Megan Wilson & Philip Jones
Michael Bennett is a photographer, designer, photomontage artist, editor and writer from Kent, United Kingdom.
The Victoria & Albert Museum, The National Portrait Gallery, The Arts Council of Great Britain, The British Museum and The National Library of Wales have examples of Michael Bennett's work. Images from a North Wales project Pier Closing Time were included in a 2019 exhibition curated by The Turner Contemporary Museum, Margate: "Seaside: Photographed" toured to John Hansard Gallery, Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange, Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool. Gallery representation: Linden Hall Studio, Deal.
The Victoria & Albert Museum, The National Portrait Gallery, The Arts Council of Great Britain, The British Museum and The National Library of Wales have examples of Michael Bennett's work. Images from a North Wales project Pier Closing Time were included in a 2019 exhibition curated by The Turner Contemporary Museum, Margate: "Seaside: Photographed" toured to John Hansard Gallery, Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange, Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool. Gallery representation: Linden Hall Studio, Deal.
SIR GEORGE MARTIN, FOR THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
RHYL, 1979
THE END OF THE LINE, NEW SOCIETY MAGAZINE
L to R: Sir George Martin from "Best of Times, Worst of Times', Rhyl from 'Pier Closing Time', signalman from 'The End of the Line'
Seaside: Photographed, Turner Contemporary, until 8 Sept
Michael Bennett's wall at the Turner Contemporary
Photo: Julian Costley
'Seaside Photographed' at Turner Contemporary Museum, Margate Photo (right): Julian Costley
Harry Thompson, (6 February 1960 – 7 November 2005): writer, television producer
Jenny Diski, writer: used on the cover of 'In Gratitude' published posthumously by Boomsbury
Harry Thompson, 'Have I Got News For You' producer, Jenny Diski, writer: National Portrait Gallery, London.
A portfolio of portrait photographs taken for "The Independent" newspaper is in the collection of National Portrait Gallery, London.
He taught photomontage in Barcelona, Spain, and exhibited in Catalonia's biennial photographic festival, "Primavera Fotografica" (1982-84).
He taught photomontage in Barcelona, Spain, and exhibited in Catalonia's biennial photographic festival, "Primavera Fotografica" (1982-84).
"The Family", (1976) a project of portraits & photomontages, was acquired for the permanent collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London.
Bennett's work was included in the V&A's acquisition of New Society Magazine's 'The Other Britain' exhibition, (1982) donated to the V&A by its former editor Paul Barker.
'Uncle Cyril Arriving For Tea' (1975): Victoria & Albert Museum
In 1977, the BBC's "Arena" arts programme broadcast a film about his work. (Director: Nigel Williams, Producer: Alan Yentob)
"The Family" was exhibited at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, (ICA) London, after its first showing at the Impressions Gallery of Photography, York in 1976.
"The Family" was exhibited at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, (ICA) London, after its first showing at the Impressions Gallery of Photography, York in 1976.
SHOWS
'The Family': Impressions Gallery of Photography, York, 1976
'The Family': Gardner Centre, Falmer, 1977 (now Attenborough Centre For the Creative Arts)
'The Family': Institute of Contemporary Art, London, 1977
'The Road To Barmouth': Mostyn Gallery, Llandudno, 1980
'Michael Bennett Photomontage, Primavera Fotografica': Barcelona, 1984
'The Other Britain Revisited: Photographs from New Society' Victoria & Albert Museum, 2010
'Things': Victoria & Albert Museum, 2012
'Seaside Photographed: Turner Contemporary Museum, Margate, 2019
'Pier Closing Time': Oriel Mostyn, Colwyn Bay, 2021
'Winter Group Show': Linden Hall Studio, Deal, 2021
'Pier Closing Time': Spode Museum, Stoke, 2022
'Winter Group Show': Linden Hall Studio, Deal, 2022
'The Family': Gardner Centre, Falmer, 1977 (now Attenborough Centre For the Creative Arts)
'The Family': Institute of Contemporary Art, London, 1977
'The Road To Barmouth': Mostyn Gallery, Llandudno, 1980
'Michael Bennett Photomontage, Primavera Fotografica': Barcelona, 1984
'The Other Britain Revisited: Photographs from New Society' Victoria & Albert Museum, 2010
'Things': Victoria & Albert Museum, 2012
'Seaside Photographed: Turner Contemporary Museum, Margate, 2019
'Pier Closing Time': Oriel Mostyn, Colwyn Bay, 2021
'Winter Group Show': Linden Hall Studio, Deal, 2021
'Pier Closing Time': Spode Museum, Stoke, 2022
'Winter Group Show': Linden Hall Studio, Deal, 2022
COMMISSIONS
Newspapers The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sunday Times Magazine, The Daily Telegraph, The Independent, The Independent on Sunday, The Times Education Supplement, The Times Higher Education Supplement, The Financial Times, The Observer, The Daily Mail
Magazines BBC, Private Eye, New Statesman, New Society, New Scientist, Consumers' Association, The Architects’ Journal, Time Out, City Limits, Radio Times, Campaign, Management Today, Gramophone Magazine, Marketing Week, Good Housekeeping, Readers’ Digest, Creative Review, Haymarket, VNU Publishing, Nursing Times, Public Finance Magazine, Ziff Davis (UK)
Books Random House, Penguin Books, Macmillan Books, Chrysalis Books, Oxford University Press
Commercial Getty Images, 3iplc, Unilever, Young & Rubicam, Darcy, Ogilvy New York, ARG Talent Agency, Maison76 (France), Ducrocq Engineers (France)
COLLECTIONS
Victoria & Albert Museum, National Portrait Gallery, Arts Council, National Library of Wales, Oriel Colwyn, Spode Museum