I sat cross-legged on the beaches of Hossegor, reading Lolita without raising suspicion from the locals, lest I be banished for eternity from the place where the Nazis dropped giant concrete bunkers, now cockeyed canvases of bulbous initials and other spray painted vagueries. Of course, the breasts, the rampant floppy pectorals of those females inclined to let the sun shine on bits normally left to our imagination as men starving for a subconscious return to the feeding habits of our infancy.
In the beachhouse I drank David Cronenberg’s piss, from 33cc shots of aluminum, poured in frosty heaps into frozen mugs, and slept in beds next to open windows and cork trees, scraping off some of the material and staring at crumbled bits in my palm. Tossing berries at my brothers and shouting drunkenly about religion.
And Angouleme! The fortress on its hill, Rin Tin Tin and Robert Crumb – walking striding loping to the river in search of art on the walls – alerted to a skeleton gesturing – a crossbones to his right – adjacent to the bridge – the keymaster of the parking structure that sits harmlessly enough.
It’s difficult enough to articulate the intricacies of being human in one’s own mind. Some day I’m going to die. I don't really like that idea, but I can’t do anything about it. Between now and then, I better think of something interesting to do.
Eleanor Leonne Bennett is a 16 year old internationally award winning photographer and artist who has won first places with National Geographic, The World Photography Organisation, Nature's Best Photography, Papworth Trust, Mencap, The Woodland trust and Postal Heritage. Her photography has been published in the Telegraph, The Guardian, BBC News Website and on the cover of books and magazines in the United states and Canada. Her art is globally exhibited, having shown work in London, Paris, Indonesia, Los Angeles, Florida, Washington, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Canada, Spain, Germany, Japan, Australia and The Environmental Photographer of the year Exhibition (2011), amongst many other locations. 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. To what an intelligent person might ask her about art, Eleanor responded: "Why I chose photography over other art mediums. To that I would reply that photography is the quickest way to capture and express myself with ease." Very good. Enjoy her gallery of natural/personal/Manchester 
