Early life Thomas was born in 1981 in Adelaide, Australia. After developing his photographic skills making music videos,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. Thomas moved to Melbourne and switched to SLR still photography."Tilt-shift photographer captures world in miniature". News.com Australia.
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"."Tokyo in tilt-shift: the big city made small". The Telegraph."Portfolio: Ben Thomas reveals why Tokyo is perfectly suited to tilt-shift photography". The Independent. 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."ACMP Projections ’08 – and ’09 Call for Entries" DG Design Network.
Thomas was the winner of the 2015 125Live Vision, Innovative Photographer of the year award."125 Live awards" 2015 Awards. And also the 2015 Desktop Create Awards Photography category winner"Desktop Create Awards" 2015 Photography Category.
Using a helicopter to take high-angle photographs,"ilt-shift photographer captures world in miniature" Simon Crerar. Herald Sun. 9 February 2013. 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)"Ben Thomas Depicts Tokyo as a Tiny Version of Itself Using Tilt-Shift Photography Tiny Tokyo: The Big City Made Mini by Ben Thomas". Inhabit. which brought about the end of Cityshrinker and a hiatus from photography while developing new work.
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."Ben Thomas’s Amazing Digital Photo Collages". High Snobiety 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."Ben Thomas’s Sony Xperia Photography Academy". Sony Xperia Professional Photographer Academy.
Thomas was a 2015 artist in residence at the Villa Lena Foundation, Tuscany cited as the inspiration and genesis of the "Chroma" series."Process Driven Podcast with Ben Thomas" with Jeffery Saddoris.
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'."The New Yorker Magazine" for the 7 March 2016 edition for the weekly short story 'Buttony" artwork. 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.
References
Cityshrinker tilt shift – Huffington Post
External links
Chronicle Books, Tiny Tokyo – Ben Thomas