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Ben is a freelance photographer, writer and filmmaker based in Squamish, British Columbia. He also works as a Polar Guide running logistics and executing trips in the Arctic and Antarctica. His goal as a photographer and general human being is to inspire people to push a little further, break out of their comfort zone, and discover new places and experiences at home or abroad while thinking of their environmental impact. Ben specialize in photographing the activities he is most passionate about: remote travel and expeditions, action sports, environmental conservation and the underwater world. His work has been displayed in galleries and film festivals in western Canada and the US, Singapore, London and the Smithsonian in Washington DC. 

Whether it's hunting for undiscovered surf along the BC coast, solo mountain bike expeditions in Greenland, or searching for Polar Bears in the Arctic, Ben is at home in the backcountry with training in wilderness first aid, AST level 2 avalanche and crevasse rescue, rope access and swift water rescue, and is a zodiac foul weather rescue driver. Ben is also a Transport Canada certified Drone Pilot.

Photography Awards

2021 - Top 20 Photos Ever Published - Sidetracked Magazine

2020 - Adventure Grant Recipient - Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival

2019 - 1st - Environmental Awareness - Cascadia Adventure Film Festival

2019 - 1st - Portrait - Cascadia Adventure Film Festival

2019 - Finalist - Photo Journalism - BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year

2018 - Grand Prize - Eco Business Climate Photo Challenge

2018 - Finalist - Photo Journalism - BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year

2018 - Finalist - Animals in their Environment - BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year

2017 - Expedition Grant Recipient - Mountain Equipment Co-op

2017 - Highly Honoured - Adventure - Windland Rice Smith Awards, Nature’s Best International Photography Awards

2017 - 2nd - Adventure and Sport - Vancouver International Film Festival

2016 - People’s Choice Award - DEEP SUMMER invitational - Crankworx Mountain Bike Festival

2016 - Editor’s Favourite - National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year

Film Awards:

2019 - Special Jury Award - New Zealand Mountain Film Festival - Shapeless Fulfillment

2019 - Finalist - Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival - Shapeless Fulfillment

2019 - Official World Tour Selection - Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival - Shapeless Fulfillment

Editorial Clients: Adventure Kayak, Azylo Media, BETA mtb, Bike Mag, Bike Magazine (Germany), Coast Mountain Culture, Craft MTB, Cranked Magazine, Crank’d Magazine, Crave Magazine, Explore Magazine, Freehub Magazine, The Inertia, Men’s Journal, Mountain Flyer, Mountain Life Annual, ML Coast Mountains, Sidetracked Magazine, Montechristo, National Geographic, The National Post, Nature's Best Photography, The Ottawa Citizen, Outside Magazine, Paddling Magazine, Pique Newsmagazine, Postmark Media, The Province, Right Sizing, Sidetracked, The Squamish Chief, The Vancouver Sun.

NGO Clients: BC Parks Foundation, Change Her World, Hearts in the Ice, One Ocean Foundation, Scott Polar Research Institute, South Georgia Heritage Trust, The Surfrider Foundation, United Nations Ministry of the Environment.

Commercial Clients: 7mesh, Air B & B, Arc’teryx, BBC Earth / BBC 1, BC Ale Trail, Big Mountain Bike Adventures, Cape Velo, Churchill Wild, Chromag Bikes, Coast Mountain Athletic Therapy, Cycle Mashatu, Destination BC, EcoFab Engineering, Evolve Bikes, Fox Racing, Guerrilla Gravity, IMAX, Kali Protectives, Kokatat, MEC, Mountain Bike BC, Mountain Life Apparel, Nomad Nutrition, Olympus Imaging, One Ocean Expeditions, OnSight Equipment, Outex Camera Housings, Pinkbike, Porchlight Press, Prior Skis/Snowboards, Quark Expeditions, Rab Equipment, Raceface, RED Paddleboards, Reel Water Productions, Rocky Mountain Bicycles, Santa Cruz Bicycles, Stellar Equipment, Tourism Fernie, Tourism Greenland, Tourism Prince George, Tourism Smithers, Tourism Squamish, Tourism Valemount, Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival, Visit Terrace, Visit Burns Lake, multiple design agencies.

Proudly supported by:

OnSight Equipment - onsightequipment.com 

Olympus Imaging - olympus-global.com

Outex underwater camera housings - outex.com

Nomad Nutrition - nomadnutrition.co