Now living in Nagano, Japan.

cameras:

Pentax LX
Hasselblad 500cm
Pentax 645
Pentax MZ-S
Contax G2
Minolta CLE
Pentax K10D

Website


and 2 groups i run..
夢(a dream)
o中毒o -cig

Flickr is a great place to see pictures of some of the many things we are missing in our short life.

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    надя says:

    "so sensitive photos!
    love it"

    12th May, 2009

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    mokuromi says:

    "Even if I want to visit Japan, it must be Benjamin's flowered Japan."

    17th November, 2008

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    Tatiana Kurnosova says:

    "I love Benjamin's photos very much!!
    When I'm looking at the photos of his daily life I see some kind of poetry an something really bright, positive and sometimes poetic and charming in it.
    So,thank you so much for giving me such an incredible positive emotions! I trully believe that photos can make our life very happy and light:)
    Good luck to you!/(^.^)\
    本当にBensanの写真を見る時気持ちがいいよね。
    どもありがとう!"

    3rd September, 2008

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    e-chan says:

    "In bensan9's huge flickr photostream, you can see every little pieces of his dailylife, in a little mountaineous japanese town between Nagano and Ueda, a place where the pace is definitely quieter, cooler and more friendly and human-sized than in frenzy ever-boiling Tokyo.
    With his subtle eye for details, colors and shapes (and thanks to his powerful Pentax toys), he captures beauty and emotion in friend's expression and moves, surroundings like a simple puddle or a field. No sham, no intellectual posture, just a simple, cool and humble attitude, like a perfect reflection of how this nice guy is in the real life."

    25th June, 2008

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    Twiggy Tu says:

    "I like Benjamin's photos,he is very friendly,he always takes good shots for his life,always captures great moment ! Keep going together dear my friend. : )"

    4th June, 2008

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    figmental78 says:

    "I've been a flickr friend of Ben's for the past year or more and I thoroughly enjoy checking his page for updates. His style is very in the moment, documenting his time, friends and experiences in Japan. We also use the same camera and both live in Japan so our lifestyles are (maybe) somewhat similar, although I'm sure he speaks much better Japanese than me! Well done Ben, keep the smoking girl photos coming!"

    25th April, 2008

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    oolieoh says:

    "i love all of the portraits he takes of people; they aren't posed but they are honest and candid and it's a talent almost every photographer tries to strive for. there are beautiful captures of the human form in this stream, just look, you'll see."

    4th January, 2008

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    bobby stokes says:

    "i like the blurs and the colours, the black and whites, the close ups and the tilted shots. i like it that there is no commentary, so i get a sense of bensan9's life, but just a sense. it's a very enigmatic photographic stream of conciousness....."

    18th April, 2007

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