Mark Benham is a self-taught photographer with a design background. His broad-based work is an eclectic mix of different genres and changing inspirations; currently derived from architecture, portraiture and still life. In 2013, around the time he moved over to photography, he travelled through Portugal, taking photographs for his book ‘Two Hundred Days’ – an intimate portrayal of a country he loves. Over the following years he focused on documentary, travel and street photography. In 2016 he won the World Food Photography Awards, then known as Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year, which led to commissioned work. Since 2020 his work has moved in a different direction, more aligned with art photography. In 2023 he won the architecture category of the Sony World Photography Awards open competition.