Charlie Waite is an English landscape photographer noted for his "painterly" approach in using light and shade. Born in England, he worked in theatre and television for the first ten years of his professional life before moving to photography. He is noted for his square format images using a 6x6 Hasselblad. Waite is the recipient of a number of awards including the prestigious Honorary Fellowship to the as well as Best Landscape Photography's 'Power of Visionary Award' and is frequently invited all over the world to give lectures on landscape photography. He was awarded status of Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society in 2014 and was invited to exhibit at the Royal Academy of Arts, London in summer 2015. A leading expert in this field, Charlie has contributed and written columns for The Daily Telegraph, contributed to The Sunday Times, Independent, and newspapers. He has also presented a number of photography television series for ITV along with frequent appearances on BBC Breakfast and . Huw Edwards recently interviewed Waite for BBC News Channel in respect of his travels in Libya days before the revolution and about his exhibition- Silent Exchange at The National Theatre. He has held over 30 solo exhibitions across Europe, the US, Japan and Australia including venues at the Goldstrom Gallery on Broadway, New Yorkin 2001, Hope at the in London in 2002 and Earthscapes at in Carmel, Californiain 1999. He has lectured throughout the UK, Europe and the United States, published over twenty-eight books on photography and is a regular contributor to photography magazines and was guest editor and contributor for the , August edition in 2015. He also runs and teaches in a photographic tour company called . Charlie Waite founded the UK Landscape Photographer of the Year competition in 2006.
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Waite's style combines graphic finesse with an almost spiritual quality of calm and serenity. His distinctive treatment of historic Mediterranean landscapes in particular is instantly recognisable.
