Morro Strand State Beach 2 Photograph - Limited Edition of 45

Born in Queens, New York and growing up in Greenwich Village, Peter Bennett picked up his first camera and took his first darkroom class at the age of twelve. He was inspired by his maternal grandfather who had a photo studio on the boardwalk in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, and his father, an avid amateur photographer who travelled around the country documenting post WWII America with a medium format camera. Peter spent many years working as a travel photographer, and in 2000 started his own photo agency, Ambient Images, which specialized in images of New York and California. In 2015 he formed Citizen of the Planet, LLC, devoted exclusively to the distribution of his stories and photographs that focus on a variety of environmental subjects. Peter’s work has appeared in hundreds of publications including the New York Times, Sierra Magazine, Time, Newsweek, National Geographic, Sunset Magazine, Los Angeles Magazine, and New York Magazine.
 His prints hang in the California State Capitol, California Science Center’s permanent Ecosystem exhibit, and many other museums, private institutions, and collector’s homes. He has also had the privilege to work with a numerous local environmental organizations over the years including FoLAR (Friends of the LA River), The Sierra Club, Greenpeace, Heal the Bay, 5 Gyres Institute, Algalita Marine Research Foundation, Communities for a Better Environment, and the LA Conservation Corps. Peter has been an instructor for over twelve years at the Los Angeles Center of Photography, currently teaching classes there on Night Photography and Environmental Storytelling, and for years led their Los Angeles River Photo Adventure tour. Peter has had seven books published either under his name or his former agency, Ambient Images. His most recent book: The Los Angeles River, Photographs by Peter Bennett was published in late 2021