# Benji Reid

benji reid (born 1966) is a British photographer, visual theatre maker, and educator. His work focuses on the intersection of race, nationhood, and gender with particular attention to the Black British experience, Black masculinity, and mental health.His photograph Holding on to Daddy (2016) was the winner of the Wellcome Photography Prize 2020 Mental Health category. A pioneer of hip-hop theatre and culture in the United Kingdom, Reid defines himself as a "choreo-photolist", a term he coined to refer to the practice of merging theatre and choreography in his photography.His work was shown at the MoCADA Museum in New York, Somerset House in London, and Design Fair Paris.