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.