Phil Penman (born 1977) [1] is a British born street photographer living in New York City. [2]
Penman was born in Briantspuddle, Dorset, England. He received his formal training in photography from the Berkshire College of Art and design before working for local newspaper the Wokingham Times. [3] [4]
In 2000 Penman moved to Los Angeles and then to New York City for celebrity news agency Splash News. [5] He photographed celebrities, alongside covering news stories across the world for the Guardian , the Independent , and the Daily Telegraph as well as having features published in Paris Match .[ citation needed ] He covered the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center, [6] work from which is included in the National September 11 Memorial & Museum's permanent archive. [7] [8] A woman whom Penman photographed that day hired him to photograph her wedding 17 years later. [9] [10]
He was listed as one of ten "Best Street Photographers of 2019 According to the Phoblographer". [11]