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Peter Dench

@peterdench

Photographer; Writer; Presenter; Curator; OM System Ambassador. Author of books inc The British Abroad, Alcohol & England. Co-Founder Photo North Festival

 London, England
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Joined November 2009
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These intimate photographs of young women were hidden away for almost half a century amateurphotographer.com/late…
These intimate photographs of young women were hidden away for almost half a century

These intimate photographs of young women were hidden away for almost half a century

Discover Chrysalis, Sherrie Nickol’s rediscovered early photographs of young women and the American South, unseen for almost 50 years.

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Meet the Black cowboys changing how we see the American West amateurphotographer.com/book…
Meet the Black cowboys changing how we see the American West

Meet the Black cowboys changing how we see the American West

Photographer Ivan McClellan's, Eight Seconds: Legacy in Motion, celebrates the vibrant world of Black Rodeo

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Sat down with @ThemFrames for a chat on nightlife, tagedy, and finally photographing my family! youtu.be/mD6_kH1C1Lo?si=NulT… via @YouTube
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Can you trust what you see – these astonishing photographs from the world’s biggest photographers will make you look twice amateurphotographer.com/late…
Can you trust what you see - these astonishing photographs from the world's biggest photographers...

Can you trust what you see - these astonishing photographs from the world's biggest photographers...

Can photographs tell the truth and still mislead us? Explore Magnum Photos’ Fact/Fiction Square Print Sale, featuring more than 70 thought-provoking images.

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The photographer who dangled from cliffs for the perfect shot amateurphotographer.com/late…
The photographer who dangled from cliffs for the perfect shot

The photographer who dangled from cliffs for the perfect shot

The extraordinary life of adventure photographer John Cleare in Cleare Perspectives, a 604-page book celebrating his remarkable work.

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These astonishing photographs reveal a hidden world inside Tibet’s ancient temples amateurphotographer.com/late…
These astonishing photographs reveal a hidden world inside Tibet’s ancient temples

These astonishing photographs reveal a hidden world inside Tibet’s ancient temples

Discover Tibet’s extraordinary ancient Buddhist murals through Thomas Laird’s astonishing photographs in a new edition of Murals of Tibet.

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These extraordinary underwater photographs take you to places you’ll almost certainly never see for yourself amateurphotographer.com/late…
These extraordinary underwater photographs take you to places you'll almost certainly never see for...

These extraordinary underwater photographs take you to places you'll almost certainly never see for...

Laurent Ballesta’s extraordinary underwater photography book spanning 15 years of exploration, marine life and scientific discovery.

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These joyously wonderful photos reveal the colourful world of Marilyn Monroe and her fans amateurphotographer.com/late…
These joyously wonderful photos reveal the colourful world of Marilyn Monroe and her fans

These joyously wonderful photos reveal the colourful world of Marilyn Monroe and her fans

Amy Gaskin’s Marilyn Forever photographs the people around the world who still find hope, strength and belonging in Marilyn Monroe’s story.

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These unconventional portraits will challenge everything you think you know about beauty amateurphotographer.com/late…
These unconventional portraits will challenge everything you think you know about beauty

These unconventional portraits will challenge everything you think you know about beauty

Debora Brune’s UNCOOL challenges conventional ideas of beauty with 27 uncompromising portraits celebrating bodies, difference and identity.

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LCE Photographer of the Year 2027 opens for entries – prepare to be judged amateurphotographer.com/late…
LCE Photographer of the Year 2027 opens for entries - prepare to be judged

LCE Photographer of the Year 2027 opens for entries - prepare to be judged

Flex your creative muscles and grab a share of a £10,000 prize fund in the annual London Camera Exchange photo competition. It’s quick and easy to enter and open to all, with public exhibition and...

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What happens when you give a child a camera? Exploring the overlooked history of children and photography amateurphotographer.com/late…
What happens when you give a child a camera? Exploring the overlooked history of children and...

What happens when you give a child a camera? Exploring the overlooked history of children and...

Discover how children have used cameras as toys, secret weapons and passports to curiosity in Snap Happy! at The Photographers’ Gallery.

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Sausages, sandals and sex toys – step into the colourful and influential world of Martin Parr amateurphotographer.com/late…
Sausages, sandals and sex toys - step into the colourful and influential world of Martin Parr

Sausages, sandals and sex toys - step into the colourful and influential world of Martin Parr

Martin Parr’s Common Sense returns to Bristol Photo Festival 2026. A lurid, witty and unsettling portrait of consumer excess.

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These beautiful nature photographs are not what they seem amateurphotographer.com/late…
These beautiful nature photographs are not what they seem

These beautiful nature photographs are not what they seem

Tanya Marcuse’s Woven and Deer create beautiful but unsettling natural worlds where flowers, birds and decay challenge how we see nature.

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I took my camera to Europe’s poorest country and found 27 Lenins, a golden statue and a military parade – before they disappear forever amateurphotographer.com/late…
I took my camera to Europe's poorest country and found 27 Lenins, a golden statue and a military...

I took my camera to Europe's poorest country and found 27 Lenins, a golden statue and a military...

Photographer Peter Dench travels through Moldova in search of Soviet relics, finding 27 Lenins, Golden Lenin, Gagauzia and a train that still carries the Soviet past.

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Get your photography seen by the audience you deserve! These secrets will help you secure an exhibition of your own amateurphotographer.com/late…
Get your photography seen by the audience you deserve! These secrets will help you secure an...

Get your photography seen by the audience you deserve! These secrets will help you secure an...

Want to exhibit your photography? Marc Davenant explains how to find unexpected venues, build partnerships and make your exhibition impossible to ignore.

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She turned her love life into a 20-year photography project [NSFW] amateurphotographer.com/late…
She turned her love life into a 20-year photography project [NSFW]

She turned her love life into a 20-year photography project [NSFW]

Pixy Liao turns her nearly two-decade relationship with Takahiro Morooka into playful, provocative photography exploring intimacy, power, gender and desire.

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Inside Chernobyl – 40 years of photographing the ongoing global nuclear catastrophe amateurphotographer.com/late…
Inside Chernobyl - 40 years of photographing the ongoing global nuclear catastrophe

Inside Chernobyl - 40 years of photographing the ongoing global nuclear catastrophe

Gerd Ludwig has photographed Chernobyl for more than 40 years. His new book explores how the disaster, its imagery and his own photographs have changed.

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She’s Not There – check out these astonishing photos of weddings where one partner isn’t real! amateurphotographer.com/late…
She's Not There - check out these astonishing photos of weddings where one partner isn't real!

She's Not There - check out these astonishing photos of weddings where one partner isn't real!

Jérôme Gence explores love, technology and fictional relationships in Virtual Marriages, photographing people who have married anime, manga and video-game characters.

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Want to improve your street photos? These simple tips will make you a better photographer – guaranteed amateurphotographer.com/late…
Want to improve your street photos? These simple tips will make you a better photographer -...

Want to improve your street photos? These simple tips will make you a better photographer -...

Mike Chudley’s Find Your Focus explores street photography, composition and the art of paying attention in an age of distraction and AI.

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Previously unseen Vietnam war photos by photo legend Sir Don McCullin are as brutal as they are brilliant  amateurphotographer.com/late…
Previously unseen Vietnam war photos by photo legend Sir Don McCullin are as brutal as they are...

Previously unseen Vietnam war photos by photo legend Sir Don McCullin are as brutal as they are...

Legendary war photographer Sir Don McCullin revisits the Vietnam War in what may be his final photobook, featuring many unpublished images.

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