About

Ben Smith is a Landscape and Documentary Photographer from Wellington, New Zealand. His work specialises in rural environments, abandoned structures and relics from a bygone era.

Ben has been an amateur photographer since 2019 and in 2021 completed NCEA Level 3 Photography with Excellence. He has recently completed his 3 year Bachelor of Screen Arts Degree at Massey University in Film Production and received an A+ in Photography & the Darkroom, an elective course at Massey where his work explored the abandoned fortresses and ammunitions stores in the Wellington Region.

Since 2023 Ben has been shooting primarily on film where he has found a love for vintage cameras, lenses and the process of film photography.