LISA BENNETT

One for the grid! Delighted to share that I am one of 33 photographers shortlisted for the first Taylor Wessing Irish Photo Prize! 🗓️ 22nd April - 24th May 2026 📍 Photo Museum Ireland Beautiful photo featured above by @polinacosgrave I’m very excited to meet the other artists and share an image from a documentary project I’ve been creating over the last three years in Ireland. The work is dear to my heart and I’m thrilled to be included. More from the project will be shared after the exhibition 👀 #dublin #photography #exhibition #irishartist #documentary

Absolutely thrilled to have been part of the inaugural @taylorwessingllp Irish Photo Prize @photomuseumirl in partnership with @businesstoarts Many thanks to my wonderful family and friends who came along. It was so special being part of this exhibition in my home town of Dublin. I always loved visiting the Photo Museum Ireland when I was younger so it was surreal to have my picture hanging in there. Huge thanks to @colaistechamuis for allowing me to document over the last three years. It is an utterly magical place and I cannot wait to be back again this summer. Much more to come with this series, very excited to get it published and share it with the world. #documentary #taylorwessingportraitprize #samhradhgandeireadh

Back in December I was asked to shoot portraits of campaigner Phil Jones for @thetimes It was a pleasure meeting Phil at his immaculate home just outside of Cardiff. Since 2002 he has been campaigning for pension protections after the company he worked for went bankrupt. “We lost not only our jobs and livelihoods, we lost the majority of our pensions- pensions we’d worked and saved for over a lifetime.” Having worked in the steel industry for 45 years Phil took retirement in 2010 partly due to ill health which he believes was down to his workplace. He meets regularly with other colleagues who are campaigning on behalf of the next generation. Sadly many of them have passed away as a result of ill health. This also left their wives and families without the pensions they had earned. Some widows couldn’t even afford to bury their husbands. It was a pleasure to meet Phil and hear his story. We took photos for about an hour and carried on chatting for a while over tea. The light was beautiful that day and Phil being a lovely gentleman made for a wonderful assignment. Thank you to @thetimes for the commission @ianhinfoto #documentary_photography #documentary #portriature #documentaryportraits #ukphotographer

@elisazhenamassageandbreathwork last week in the studio. DM to come chat and sit for me in the studio. Looking for creative, business, sporty people in Bristol #bristol #photography #local #sport #business #creative #holistic #portraiture

Elisa @elisazhenamassageandbreathwork last week in the studio Part of a studio series meeting and photographing local artists and creative business people in Bristol. Elisa is a massage and breath work practitioner who also loves clowning and natural dancing. DM if you’d like to come chat and sit for me #bristol #portrait #photographer #localartists #local #creatives #businesses

Studio Session with @gabriella.iskra Gabriella is a skin care and facial specialist (obviously from her insanely great skin). Seen here with no make up and just using local Bristol brand @plantedskincare She is also a journalist and has a passion for documentary story telling. A thoroughly enjoyable studio session with another tremendously talented individual! DM for more dates if you'd like to take part!

@tintin_in_the_peak in my studio this week. Thanks Rebecca for a lovely catch up too! DM for more info on these portrait sessions, I’ll be running more again soon. #portraiture #realpeople #streetcast #bristol #london #photography #noai #noretouch #natural #skin #faces

@georgiabelltheduathlete #BRONZE @olympics #olympicsparis2024 #1500m #womenssports #sprint #running #track #comeback @teamgb #nevertoolate

Parkrun to Olympics! Georgia Bell what an inspiration. Looking forward to the semi finals! Here’s some pictures from a few weeks ago shot with @telegraph #olympics #paris2024 #running #middledistancerunner #teamgb @teamgb @olympicsfrance @georgiabelltheduathlete #1500m #femalesportsphotographer #london #photography #picoftheday

Delighted to share some pictures in todays @telegraph Magazine of the inspirational @georgiabelltheduathlete Shot in London on a day with all kinds of weather, Georgia was fantastic and so easy going. A privilege to shoot a rising superstar athlete! Follow her journey as she has gone from smashing park runs during lockdown to the actual #olympics @teamgb trials for #paris2024 🤩 Thanks to @andygreenacre_ for the commission and @callumokeefe00 for running around so gracefully for my tests! #sports #running #track #editorial #photography #photooftheday #portraitphotography #strongwomen #telegraph #saturday #magazine #london

Photos by me shot for @nytimes and article written by @bellakwai Thank you to @blewisphoto for the commission 🙏🏻 My first trip on the @bristolferry was made all the more memorable thanks to the lovely guys of @urbantandoor who refuse to take themselves seriously. Making people smile is their main motivation and if they can wear silly wigs and rewrite classic pop songs around their (delicious) food then all the better! Shooting this story was so enjoyable, responding to changes in weather and limitations on timings meant thinking on my feet which is what I love about editorial and working with people. Link to the article here: /2024/06/14/world/europe/bristol-urban-tandoor-tiktok.html #newyorktimes #urbantandoor #photooftheday #photography #editorial #photostory #bristol #bristolrestaurant #comedy #tiktok #indianrestaurant #bristolphotographer #canon #picoftheday #featurestory

Thanks to @andygreenacre_ for the commission and @boudiccafoxleonard for pulling amazing shapes and having fun in the chilly December weather! How nice to be in the last @telegraph Magazine of 2023! #editorial #fitness #tbt #femalephotographer #strongwomen #womensfitness #saturdaymagazine #telegraph @sweatybetty @onrunning_ @marksandspencer