This Independent Study class was guided by legendary instructor, PF Bentley.

Photojournalist PF Bentley specializes in covering domestic and international politics.   Bentley is known and respected throughout the print and broadcast community for earning unprecedented access to presidential candidates, Heads of State, and Capitol Hill.   He was the first photojournalist to shoot on the House floor while in session. In January 2003 he joined the faculty of the Brooks Institute of Photography's Visual Journalism Department in Ventura, CA teaching advanced photo and videojournalism.

Bentley grew up in Hawaii and graduated from the University of Hawaii in Honolulu with a B.Ed. degree in 1975.   When not traveling he resides on the Big Island of Hawaii with his wife, publicist, Cathy Saypol.