John Henshall
FRPS FRGS FBIPP (born John Mark Henshall, 6 January 1942) is a British professional photographer,
cinematographer
The cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the photographing or recording of a film, television production, music video or other live action piece. The cinematographer is the ch ...
, and writer on the art and science of photography and digital imaging.
Career
In 1985, Henshall was elected Fellow of the
Royal Photographic Society
The Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain, commonly known as the Royal Photographic Society (RPS), is one of the world's oldest photographic societies. It was founded in London, England, in 1853 as the Photographic Society of London with ...
, later serving on its council and as chairman of its Associateship and Fellowship distinctions panel for Film and Video. He also registered and founded the first RPS website in 1996.
Henshall founded Electronic Photo-Imaging and the EPI-centre in 1991.
Current work
In December 2015 Henshall was elected honorary president of the Guild of Television Camera Professionals (GTC) formerly the Guild of Television Cameramen, a not-for-profit independent craft organisation of which he was a founder member in 1972.
Publications
* 1969. ''Sir H. George Fordham Carto-bibliographer.'' Map Collectors’ Series No 51. London: Map Collectors’ Circle.
* 1969. ''Dealers in Coins: The Directory of Dealers in Coins & Medals in the British Isles.'' Richmond, Surrey, UK: Numismatic Directories.
* 1992. ''Photographic Qualifications for Professionals.'' 1st ed. Ware, Hertfordshire, UK: British Institute of Professional Photography.
* 1993–2006 inclusive. ''John Henshall's Chip Shop.'' Monthly articles in The Photographer magazine. Ware, Hertfordshire, UK: British Institute of Professional Photography. ISSN 0031-8698
* 1997. ''Photographic Qualifications for Professionals.'' 2nd ed. Ware, Hertfordshire, UK: British Institute of Professional Photography.
* 2003. ''Going Digital Wedding and Portrait Photography.'' Rotovision. Co-author with Joël Lacey.
Honours and awards
* Master of Arts (MA) in honoris causa from the
University for the Creative Arts (UCA) 30 June 2009.
The Oxford Times – John snaps up top honour
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* Oration speech at Guildford Cathedra
References
External links
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John Henshall on ITV's This Morning 1994
BBC feature – John Henshall takes relief to Sichuan, China, after earthquake 12 May 2008
Interview BBC Radio Oxford Malcolm Boyden 4 March 2011
Shapers of the 80s
GTC's John Henshall draws celebrity crowd at NFT1
GTC Vice President to present valuable archive tapes at Kaleidoscope
John Henshall images at Alamy picture library
Extended and comprehensive details about John Henshall
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1942 births
Living people
Photographers from Cheshire
People from Stockport