A past member of Professional Photographers of America and National Press Photographers Association, Benton is currently a Board member of ASMP-SC. His work has appeared over 400 times in publication throughout South Carolina - documenting the life and culture of the state. In 2012 he published a book with Coker Press - "The Great Harvest - Remembering Tobacco Farming in the Pee Dee". © 2017 American Society of Media Photographers