A bit about Eleanor: Eleanor Leonne Bennett is a 15 year old photographer and artist who has won contests with National Geographic, The Woodland Trust, The World Photography Organisation, Winstons Wish, Papworth Trust, Mencap, Big Issue, Wrexham science, Fennel and Fern and Nature's Best Photography. She has had her photographs published in exhibitions and magazines across the world including the Guardian, RSPB Birds, RSPB Bird Life, Dot Dot Dash, Alabama Coast, Alabama Seaport and NG Kids
Magazine (the most popular kids magazine in the world). She was also the only person from the UK to have her work displayed in the National Geographic and Airbus run See The Bigger Picture global exhibition tour with the United Nations International Year Of Biodiversity 2010. Only visual artist published in the Taj Mahal Review June 2011. Youngest artist to be displayed in Charnwood Art's Vision 09 Exhibition and New Mill's Artlounge Dark Colours Exhibition.

Artist Statement: I enjoy to be outside, immersing myself in Natural World.

Old collection is a collection of bones, feathers, crabs and claws that belonged to my Uncle.

I myself have always enjoyed collecting materials similar to those. Though my collection is remarkably smaller.

The old box is a source of inspiration for when life ceases to grasp me. Ice and Mesh and Under the weather are about feeling left alone in the dark, decrepit, done for. Or an emotion of isolation. As a child I was home educated and so growing up quickly I often felt the outsider to most conversations between others my age.

Feeling on the outside, the outdoors is my creative playground to bring into my art in many ways.

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