Bentley, P. F.

PF Bentley grew up in Waikiki and graduated from the University of Hawaii in Honolulu with a B.Ed. degree in 1975. Throughout his career as an award-winning photojournalist and documentary filmmaker he has covered domestic and international politics. He has been a Special Correspondent for TIME and has published in The New York Times Magazine and The Washington Post . Bentley has covered many serious presidential contenders since 1980 including Ronald Reagan, George Bush, Bob Dole, Michael Dukakis, Walter Mondale, Geraldine Ferraro, Jesse Jackson, John Glenn, Al Gore, Dick Gephardt, Pat Buchanan, Bill Bradley, and Bill Clinton. Bentley has also photographed people and politics in Cuba, Haiti, Panama, South Korea and El Salvador.

Bentley has earned several first place awards in the campaign category of the University of Missouri School of Journalism's Pictures of the Year competition. He was awarded top honors in 1984 for his coverage of John Glenn's presidential bid, 1988 for Dan Quayle's vice presidential campaign, 1992 for Bill Clinton's winning campaign, 1995 for Newt Gingrich's "Contract with America," and 1996 for his coverage of Bob Dole's final presidential run.

From the guide to the PF Bentley Photographic Archive 2002-179; 2002-199; 2002-220; 2011-357., 1979-2001, (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin)

PF Bentley grew up in Waikiki and graduated from the University of Hawaii in Honolulu with a B.Ed. degree in 1975.

Throughout his career as a photojournalist and documentary filmmaker he has covered domestic and international politics. He has been a Special Correspondent for TIME Magazine and has published in the New York Times Magazine and The Washington Post. Bentley covered every presidential campaign and photographed many serious presidential contenders, including Ronald Reagan, George Bush, Bob Dole, Michael Dukakis, Walter Mondale, Geraldine Ferraro, Jesse Jackson, John Glenn, Al Gore, Dick Gephardt, Pat Buchanan, Bill Bradley, and Bill Clinton. He was also the first photojournalist to shoot on the House floor while in session. Bentley has also photographed people and politics in Cuba, Haiti, Panama, South Korea and El Salvador (spending time in the hills with anti-government FMLN guerrillas). Bentley is currently a documentary filmmaker and lecturer and resides in Kailua-Kona on the Big Island of Hawaii.

From the description of PF Bentley, photographic archive, 1979-2001. (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 326880585