Creative practice in an unfamiliar place with Niall Benvie.
Mon, 29 Sept
|Zoom (link will be emailed ahead of event)
Niall Benvie joins to present his brand new talk: Burgundy, a land of nostalgia.


Date & time:
29 Sept 2025, 19:00 – 20:00 BST
Zoom (link will be emailed ahead of event)
About the event:
It's lovely to invite back Niall Benvie whose presentations helped to kick Camversation off, back in 2020. Niall's approach to photography is absolutely wonderful, with an easily identifiable aesthetic.
About the Talk (approx 45 mins long)
This is a a story about abroad and living by your creative wits. That’s what Niall and Charlotte Benvie have done since they moved to France at the height of the COVID pandemic in 2020. For Niall, this is just the latest stage in a 32 year career as a photographer and writer that has seem him acknowledged as one of the most innovative outdoor photographers of his generation.
In this presentation, you will gain not only an insight into an area of France that is relatively unknown amongst photographers but also learn what drives Niall, creatively, and how you can incorporate his ideas into your own work.
Topics included: Niall Benvie’s signature techniques - Field Studio photography; Chocolate Bars; Colour Transects; Kaleidoscopes; Crossings; Word Pictures and Deconstructions.
About Niall
Niall grew up in eastern Scotland where his parents were berry farmers. He ran and worked the farm until it was sold in the late 1980’s then studied geography and contemporary European studies at Dundee University for his honours degree. But his first love has always been the natural world - and image making. He has been at the centre of several of the largest outdoor photography initiatives of the last 15 years including Wild Wonders of Europe, Meet Your Neighbours and 2020VISION. He was a Founding Fellow of the International League of Conservation Photographers and has published seven books and hundreds of articles. He has been named by Outdoor Photography Magazine as one of the World’s 40 most influential nature photographers.
This talk will be recorded and available for four weeks on rental.
See more of Niall's work here: https://www.foodandphotographyretreats.com/
Tickets:
Niall Benvie
This talk will be recorded and made available for four weeks.
£5.00
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