Charlie Waite
Illustration — Charlie Waite in March 2020 Charlie Waite (born 18 February 1949) is an English landscape photographer noted for his "painterly" approach in using light and shade. He is noted for his square format images using a 6x6 Hasselblad. Waite is the recipient of a number of awards including an 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.
Charlie Waite

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- Born
- 1949 · England.
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Occupation
- photographer
- Fields
- photography · landscape photography
- Languages
- English
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Illustration — Charlie Waite in March 2020 Charlie Waite (born 18 February 1949) is an English landscape photographer noted for his "painterly" approach in using light and shade. He is noted for his square format images using a 6x6 Hasselblad. Waite is the recipient of a number of awards including an 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.
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Charlie Waite (born 1949) is a photographer, of British nationality. The photographer was born in England. Activity centred on landscape photography and photography. Languages used include English.
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He was awarded a direct Fellowship (FRPS) of the Royal Photographic Society in 2014 and was invited to exhibit at the Royal Academy of Arts, London in summer 2015. 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. Waite was interviewed 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. He runs a photographic tour company called Light and Land. Waite founded the UK Landscape Photographer of the Year competition in 2006. Waite is married to Jessica Benton; they have one child.
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1949
Charlie Waite born at England.
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- 1.Hume, Lucy. People of Today 2017. Debrett's. 20–. 5 October 2017. 978-1-9997670-3-7.
- 2.Worth the Waite. Evening Times. 9 June 1989.
- 3.Cheesman, Chris. Digital photography kills off more Fuji films (update). Amateur Photographer. 20 July 2012.
- 4.Edward, Olivia. Charlie Waite (I'm a geographer). Geographical. 1 July 2010.
- 5.Landscape photographer Charlie Waite and his favourite Dorset views. Dorset.
- 6.Maino, Dick. At Home . With Jessica Benton: Why I'm ready to give up the bright lights. Liverpool Echo. 27 August 1977.
- 7.The exhibition of the Royal Academy, 2015. The 247th. Exhibition Catalogues RA Collection Royal Academy of Arts. www.royalacademy.org.uk.
- 8.Volume 154 - Page 539 - The Royal Photographic Society. archive.rps.org.
- 9.Baker, James. In My Mind's Eye: Seeing in Black and White (review). PSA Journal. 1 February 2004.
- 10.About Us. www.take-a-view.co.uk.
- 11.Landscape Photographer of The Year 2007 winners announced - Digital Photography Now. www.dpnow.com.
- 12.Murray, Neil. Jessica's back on line. Daily Mirror. 2 September 1993.
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