Ben Thomas (photographer) explained

Early life

Thomas was born in 1981 in Adelaide, Australia. After developing his photographic skills making music videos,[1] Thomas moved to Melbourne and switched to SLR still photography.[2]

Career in photography

Thomas uses a number of photographic and post processing techniques, mostly concentrating on the use of colour, perspective and a miniaturisation technique called "tilt shift photography".[3] [4] He has been exhibited internationally, been featured by Apple, Adobe, and won the 2018 Hasselblad Masters along with the ACMP Projections Art Photographer of the Year Award in 2008.[5]

Thomas was the winner of the 2015 125Live Vision, Innovative Photographer of the year award.[6] And also the 2015 Desktop Create Awards Photography category winner[7]

Using a helicopter to take high-angle photographs,[8] Thomas created a series of miniatures entitled "Cityshrinker" in 2007, depicting a number of cities around the world. This work was finalised in his book, Tiny Tokyo; The Big City Made Mini. (Chronicle Books)[9] which brought about the end of Cityshrinker and a hiatus from photography while developing new work.[10]

Thomas has also created a collection of photographs which he has called "Accession", in which large urban scenes are deconstructed and reconstructed in a kaleidoscopic style.[11] Thomas has also exhibited a number of his landscape and still images internationally. He had represented Sony as part of the Sony Xperia Academy, showcasing Sony's flagship mobile camera capabilities.[12]

Thomas was a 2015 artist in residence at the Villa Lena Foundation, Tuscany cited as the inspiration and genesis of the "Chroma" series.[13]

Thomas was commissioned by The New Yorker Magazine for an artwork for the 7 March 2016 edition's short story, "Buttony" and again in March 2017 for the photoessay 'Dubai, the worlds Vegas'.[14] Thomas' "Chroma" series was also featured by Apple for their 2018 iPad Pro announcement.

Ben is a recipient of the 2018 Hasselblad Masters award and is now an ambassador for the brand.[15]

References

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://streetfightmag.com/2011/08/17/to-understand-hyperlocal-shrink-the-way-you-think/ "To Understand Hyperlocal, ‘Shrink’ the Way You Think". Street Fight Mag, 17 August 2011 by Rick Robinson.
  2. http://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/melbourne-tilt-shift-photographer-captures-world-in-miniature/story-e6frfq80-1226573729643 "Tilt-shift photographer captures world in miniature"
  3. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/photography/11041665/Tokyo-in-tilt-shift-the-big-city-made-small.html "Tokyo in tilt-shift: the big city made small"
  4. https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/features/portfolio-ben-thomas-reveals-why-tokyo-is-perfectly-suited-to-tiltshift-photography-9217488.html "Portfolio: Ben Thomas reveals why Tokyo is perfectly suited to tilt-shift photography".
  5. http://www.dgdesignnetwork.com.au/dgdn/dg-magazine-131/acmp-projections-08-and-09-call-for-entries/ "ACMP Projections ’08 – and ’09 Call for Entries"
  6. http://www.125world.com/125live-awards "125 Live awards"
  7. https://desktopmag.com.au/features/all-the-winners-and-the-highs-from-the-11th-annual-create-design-awards/ "Desktop Create Awards"
  8. http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/melbourne-tilt-shift-photographer-captures-world-in-miniature/story-fncynkc6-1226573729643 "ilt-shift photographer captures world in miniature" Simon Crerar.
  9. http://inhabitat.com/ben-thomas-depicts-tokyo-as-a-tiny-version-of-itself-using-tilt-shift-photography/ben-thomas-tilt-shift-photography-tokyo-1-2/?extend=1 "Ben Thomas Depicts Tokyo as a Tiny Version of Itself Using Tilt-Shift Photography Tiny Tokyo: The Big City Made Mini by Ben Thomas".
  10. News: Ben Thomas – Jeffery Saddoris. 27 January 2016. Jeffery Saddoris. 2 November 2018.
  11. http://www.highsnobiety.com/2013/05/29/ben-thomas-amazing-digital-photo-collages/ "Ben Thomas’s Amazing Digital Photo Collages"
  12. http://blogs.sonymobile.com/2014/11/17/introducing-xperia-photo-academy/ "Ben Thomas’s Sony Xperia Photography Academy"
  13. http://jefferysaddoris.com/podcasts/process-driven-ben-thomas/ "Process Driven Podcast with Ben Thomas"
  14. http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/03/07/buttony "The New Yorker Magazine"
  15. Web site: Ben Thomas. hasselblad.com. 2 November 2018.

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