About

John Bentham is an award-winning photographer specializing in documentary and portraiture. Bentham’s other projects include burlesque dancers, drag queens, Mad Max Wasteland Weekend, roller derby, and underground erotic NYC clubs.

Bentham’s editorial work has appeared in Hyperallergic, Life Magazine, The New York Times, People, Rolling Stone, Time Magazine, and Vanity Fair. His corporate clients include AUDI, LG, Mercedes-Benz, Pfizer, Saatchi & Saatchi, Sony, Toyota, United Technologies, and Xerox.

Bentham has exhibited in Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York, Oaxaca, Paris, Prague, San Francisco, Tokyo, and Toronto. Accolades include awards from Eastman Kodak, Magnum Photos, Nikon, and Maine Media Workshops, and reviews in The New York Times and Photo District News.

His portrait assignments feature many public figures including The Black Eyed Peas, Johnny Depp, Harrison Ford, Jeff Gordon, Jimmy Kimmel, the immortal Evel Knievel, Eli Manning, and Julianne Moore.