Charlie Waite (born 18 February 1949)[1] is an English landscape photographer noted for his "painterly" approach in using light and shade.[2][3][4]
Born in England, he worked in theatre and television for the first ten years of his professional life before moving to photography.[5][6] He is noted for his square format images using a 6x6 Hasselblad.
Waite is the recipient of a number of awards including a Honorary Fellowship to the British Institute of Professional Photography as well as Best Landscape Photography's 'Power of Visionary Award' and is frequently invited all over the world to give lectures on landscape photography.[citation needed] He was awarded status of Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society in 2014 and was invited to exhibit at the Royal Academy of Arts, London in summer 2015.[citation needed]
Waite has contributed and written columns for The Daily Telegraph, contributed to The Sunday Times, Independent, The Observer and The Guardian newspapers. He has also presented a number of photography television series for ITV along with appearances on BBC Breakfast and Countryfile. Huw Edwards interviewed Waite for BBC News Channel about his travels in Libya days before the revolution and about his exhibition, Silent Exchange, at The National Theatre.
He has held over 30 solo exhibitions across Europe, the US, Japan and Australia including venues at the Goldstrom Gallery on Broadway, New York in 2001, Hope at the OXO Gallery in London in 2002 and Earthscapes at The Center For Photographic Art in Carmel, California in 1999.
Waite has lectured in the UK, Europe and the United States, published over twenty-eight books on photography, is a regular contributor to photography magazines and was guest editor and contributor for The Photographic Journal August edition in 2015.[7]
He runs a photographic tour company called Light and Land.
Waite founded the UK Landscape Photographer of the Year competition in 2006.[8][better source needed]
Waite is married to Jessica Benton; they have one child.[6][9]
References edit
- ^ Hume, Lucy (5 October 2017). People of Today 2017. Debrett's. pp. 20–. ISBN 978-1-9997670-3-7.
- ^ "Worth the Waite". Evening Times. 9 June 1989. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
- ^ Cheesman, Chris (20 July 2012). "Digital photography kills off more Fuji films (update)". Amateur Photographer. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
- ^ Edward, Olivia (1 July 2010). "Charlie Waite (I'm a geographer)". Geographical. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
- ^ "Landscape photographer Charlie Waite and his favourite Dorset views". Dorset. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
- ^ a b Maino, Dick (27 August 1977). "At Home ... With Jessica Benton: Why I'm ready to give up the bright lights". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
- ^ Baker, James (1 February 2004). "In My Mind's Eye: Seeing in Black and White (review)". PSA Journal. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
- ^ "About Us". www.take-a-view.co.uk. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
- ^ Murray, Neil (2 September 1993). "Jessica's back on line". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 13 January 2021.