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Publication dateAUTUMN 2014

Through an extraordinary selection from the Beken Marine Photogra-phy Archive of the work of four generations of famous photographers (the Beken family), this book retraces the fundamental stages of the evolution of the unsurpassable “Beken style”, bringing together some of the most artistic images of sailboats ever shot. These wonderful and legendary pic-tures, accompanied by detailed texts and plentiful information, will lead the reader through time, to discover the wonderful world of yachting pho-tography.

The Bekens began their love affair with marine photography in 1888, when Alfred Edward (1855–1915) moved from Canterbury (Kent) to the Isle of Wight with his son Frank (1880–1970). He purchased a pharmacy in Birmingham Road in the seaport of Cowes, a town that was already famous for international yacht racing and for the world’s oldest regular regatta, the renowned Cowes Week. Alfred and young Frank started shooting pho-tographs to capture sailing yachts at their best (learning how to achieve the most favorable angle), and racing yachts in action, a real challenge at that time as it still is today. These beautiful photographs started being sold in the pharmacy as souvenirs, and in the space of a few years they would have caught the attention of the world of yacht racing and sailing aficionados, earning the Beken family a large number of followers all over the world for the extraordinary quality of their images. Queen Victoria, King George V, and most recently the Duke of Edinburgh awarded the company a Royal Warrant for excellence.

Frank’s artistic inheritance was carried on by his son Keith (1914–2007), who succeeded him in the creation of fantastic sailboats photo-graphs. Today, Kenneth Beken (b. 1951, the fourth in the line of family photographers), together with yacht master Peter Mumford, is leading the way in the latest digital photography, and creating wonderful color imag-es: “Now that digital cameras and printers are as good as the traditional darkroom methods,” he says, “the company has gone totally digital.” To-day the Beken Marine Photography Archive features more than 200,000 different photographs of incalculable value, from historical monochrome masterpieces to contemporary digital images of the highest quality and technical perfection.

LEGENDARY SAILBOATS BY Beken of Cowes

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I N T R O D U C T I O N

Through an extraordinary selection from the Beken Marine Photography Archive of the

work of four generations of famous photographers (the Beken family), this book retraces the

fundamental stages of the evolution of the unsurpassable “Beken style”, bringing together

some of the most artistic images of sailboats ever shot. These wonderful and legendary pic-

tures, accompanied by detailed texts and plentiful information, will lead the reader through

time, to discover the wonderful world of yachting photography.

The Bekens began their love affair with marine photography in 1888, when Alfred Edward

(1855–1915) moved from Canterbury (Kent) to the Isle of Wight with his son Frank (1880–

1970). He purchased a pharmacy in Birmingham Road in the seaport of Cowes, a town that

was already famous for international yacht racing and for the world’s oldest regular regatta,

the renowned Cowes Week. Alfred and young Frank started shooting photographs to capture

sailing yachts at their best (learning how to achieve the most favorable angle), and racing

yachts in action, a real challenge at that time as it still is today. These beautiful photographs

started being sold in the pharmacy as souvenirs, and in the space of a few years they would

have caught the attention of the world of yacht racing and sailing aficionados, earning the

Beken family a large number of followers all over the world for the extraordinary quality of

their images. Queen Victoria, King George V, and most recently the Duke of Edinburgh award-

ed the company a Royal Warrant for excellence.

Frank’s artistic inheritance was carried on by his son Keith (1914–2007), who succeeded

him in the creation of fantastic sailboats photographs. Today, Kenneth Beken (b. 1951, the

fourth in the line of family photographers), together with yacht master Peter Mumford, is

leading the way in the latest digital photography, and creating wonderful color images: “Now

that digital cameras and printers are as good as the traditional darkroom methods,” he says,

“the company has gone totally digital.” Today the Beken Marine Photography Archive features

more than 200,000 different photographs of incalculable value, from historical monochrome

masterpieces to contemporary digital images of the highest quality and technical perfection.

Through an extraordinary selection from the Beken Marine Photography Archive of the work

of four generations of famous photographers (the Beken family), this book retraces the fun-

damental stages of the evolution of the unsurpassable “Beken style”, bringing together some

of the most artistic images of sailboats ever shot. These wonderful and legendary pictures,

accompanied by detailed texts and plentiful information, will lead the reader through time,

to discover the wonderful world of yachting photography.

The Bekens began their love affair with marine photography in 1888, when Alfred Edward

(1855–1915) moved from Canterbury (Kent) to the Isle of Wight with his son Frank (1880–

1970). He purchased a pharmacy in Birmingham Road in the seaport of Cowes, a town that

was already famous for international yacht racing and for the world’s oldest regular regatta,

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TYPE: “Big Class” gaff cutter changed to Marconi sloop

LOA: 122 ft (37.1 m)

BEAM: 24 ft (7.3 m)

DRAFT: 15 ft (4.6 m)

SAIL AREA: 10,324 sq ft (960 sq m)

HULL MATERIAL: steel

BUILDER: D&W Henderson Shipyard Ltd, UK

YEAR BUILT: 1893

BRITANNIA1893

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Through an extraordinary selection from the Beken Marine Photography Archive of the

work of four generations of famous photographers (the Beken family), this book retraces the

fundamental stages of the evolution of the unsurpassable “Beken style”, bringing together

some of the most artistic images of sailboats ever shot. These wonderful and legendary pic-

tures, accompanied by detailed texts and plentiful information, will lead the reader through

time, to discover the wonderful world of yachting photography.

The Bekens began their love affair with marine photography in 1888, when Alfred Edward

(1855–1915) moved from Canterbury (Kent) to the Isle of Wight with his son Frank (1880–

1970). He purchased a pharmacy in Birmingham Road in the seaport of Cowes, a town that

was already famous for international yacht racing and for the world’s oldest regular regatta,

the renowned Cowes Week. Alfred and young Frank started shooting photographs to capture

sailing yachts at their best (learning how to achieve the most favorable angle), and racing

yachts in action, a real challenge at that time as it still is today. These beautiful photographs

started being sold in the pharmacy as souvenirs, and in the space of a few years they would

have caught the attention of the world of yacht racing and sailing aficionados, earning the

Beken family a large number of followers all over the world for the extraordinary quality of

their images. Queen Victoria, King George V, and most recently the Duke of Edinburgh award-

ed the company a Royal Warrant for excellence.

Frank’s artistic inheritance was carried on by his son Keith (1914–2007), who succeeded

him in the creation of fantastic sailboats photographs. Today, Kenneth Beken (b. 1951, the

fourth in the line of family photographers), together with yacht master Peter Mumford, is

leading the way in the latest digital photography, and creating wonderful color images: “Now

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TYPE: “Big Class” gaff cutter changed to Marconi sloop

LOA: 122 ft (37.1 m)

BEAM: 24 ft (7.3 m)

DRAFT: 15 ft (4.6 m)

SAIL AREA: 10,324 sq ft (960 sq m)

HULL MATERIAL: steel

BUILDER: D&W Henderson Shipyard Ltd, UK

YEAR BUILT: 1893

AMPHITRITE1895

Through an extraordinary selection from the Beken Marine Photography Archive of the

work of four generations of famous photographers (the Beken family), this book retraces the

fundamental stages of the evolution of the unsurpassable “Beken style”, bringing together

some of the most artistic images of sailboats ever shot. These wonderful and legendary pic-

tures, accompanied by detailed texts and plentiful information, will lead the reader through

time, to discover the wonderful world of yachting photography.

The Bekens began their love affair with marine photography in 1888, when Alfred Edward

(1855–1915) moved from Canterbury (Kent) to the Isle of Wight with his son Frank (1880–

1970). He purchased a pharmacy in Birmingham Road in the seaport of Cowes, a town that

was already famous for international yacht racing and for the world’s oldest regular regatta,

the renowned Cowes Week. Alfred and young Frank started shooting photographs to capture

sailing yachts at their best (learning how to achieve the most favorable angle), and racing

yachts in action, a real challenge at that time as it still is today. These beautiful photographs

started being sold in the pharmacy as souvenirs, and in the space of a few years they would

have caught the attention of the world of yacht racing and sailing aficionados, earning the

Beken family a large number of followers all over the world for the extraordinary quality of

their images. Queen Victoria, King George V, and most recently the Duke of Edinburgh award-

ed the company a Royal Warrant for excellence.

Frank’s artistic inheritance was carried on by his son Keith (1914–2007), who succeeded

him in the creation of fantastic sailboats photographs. Today, Kenneth Beken (b. 1951, the

fourth in the line of family photographers), together with yacht master Peter Mumford, is

leading the way in the latest digital photography, and creating wonderful color images: “Now

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TYPE: J-Class sloop

LOA: 130 ft (39.6 m)

LWL: 88 ft (26.8 m)

BEAM: 22 ft (6.7 m)

DRAFT: 16 ft (4.8 m)

SAIL AREA: 7,650 sq ft (710 sq m)

HULL MATERIAL: steel (at Calshot Spit, UK, 1985)

DESIGNER: Charles E. Nicholson/Dijkstra & Partners

BUILDER: Camper & Nicholson

YEAR BUILT: 1934

SUSANNE1911

1935 - LOREM IPSUM DOLOR SINE QUA NON IN EX TEMPORE INCIPIT LOREM IPSUM DOLOR SINE QUA NON IN EX TEMPORE INCIPIT LOREM IPSUM DOLOR SINE QUA NON IN EX TEMPORE INCIPIT LOREM

Through an extraordinary selection from the Beken Marine Photography Archive of the

work of four generations of famous photographers (the Beken family), this book retraces the

fundamental stages of the evolution of the unsurpassable “Beken style”, bringing together

some of the most artistic images of sailboats ever shot. These wonderful and legendary pic-

tures, accompanied by detailed texts and plentiful information, will lead the reader through

time, to discover the wonderful world of yachting photography.

The Bekens began their love affair with marine photography in 1888, when Alfred Edward

(1855–1915) moved from Canterbury (Kent) to the Isle of Wight with his son Frank (1880–

1970). He purchased a pharmacy in Birmingham Road in the seaport of Cowes, a town that

was already famous for international yacht racing and for the world’s oldest regular regatta,

the renowned Cowes Week. Alfred and young Frank started shooting photographs to capture

sailing yachts at their best (learning how to achieve the most favorable angle), and racing

yachts in action, a real challenge at that time as it still is today. These beautiful photographs

started being sold in the pharmacy as souvenirs, and in the space of a few years they would

have caught the attention of the world of yacht racing and sailing aficionados, earning the

Beken family a large number of followers all over the world for the extraordinary quality of

their images. Queen Victoria, King George V, and most recently the Duke of Edinburgh award-

ed the company a Royal Warrant for excellence.

Frank’s artistic inheritance was carried on by his son Keith (1914–2007), who succeeded

him in the creation of fantastic sailboats photographs. Today, Kenneth Beken (b. 1951, the

fourth in the line of family photographers), together with yacht master Peter Mumford, is

leading the way in the latest digital photography, and creating wonderful color images: “Now