By Layne Christensen News Reparter layne@nsnews.com DON’T expec: to find anv safari shots in Peter Bennert’s current photographic show. ‘Though the Vancouver photographer has spent the last quarter century touring the African. continent on assign: ment for international devel- opment agencies and maga- zines like Equinox, Islands and Geo, he has snapped nary a lion pride nor haunting desert scene, “Nobody hires me to go and take landscapes or photo- graph wildlife,” he says frankly. Bennett's ‘Aftica is all peo- ple. A World Apart: 25 Years of Reportage at the Exposure Gallery in Yaletown, is an exhi- bition of 47 images, shot dur- ing Bennett's travels through developing countries in Africa, Asia and the Americas, Documenting humanitari- an-aid projects for internation- al development agencies has allowed Bennett greater access to his photo subjects, Often he will live ina community for vo. to three weeks before beginning to shoot. He’s. spent time with Guatemalan refugees and doc- umented an architectural dig in Peru. “Ive slept in: mud huts and eaten with my hands off communal bowls,” he says. In the early “80s Bennett travelled by public transport from Cairo to Cape Town, shooting off 300 to 400 rolls of film. On that adventure, he -was accompanied by wife * FREE DELIVERY on prescriptions * We accept all direce insurance pavment prescription plans FREE SCRATCH TICKET vith every $5” Lottery 649 purchased Wits this ad ‘Wrap around plates | _ arid heavy duty “strike plates . Exira security for your door, expires Aug. 29197 . 988- 5271. * starting fron) ‘installed price 592 staiting from 5 installed price “24®: Morry Whittield, who owns and operates Out of Africa Glebal Culture in’ Lonsdale Quay. Occasionally the pair will meer up in some far-off place to troll the ‘markets tugether in search of unique crafts to sell in the boutique. Bennett’s show at. the Exposure Gallery, si seatty St, closes Aug. 31. 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