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Ben Anderson (#BennehBoy) says:

This photo sparked this whole set into being, this one is completely candid and a pure chance shot. The others in the set are a mix of semi candid and observed work.
Posted 39 months ago. ( permalink )

° . . [deleted] says:

this one is a winner.
Posted 39 months ago. ( permalink )

mona chrome says:

I really like what you are doing here with these images. Pretty cool. My only thought with this one, is that it looks like it could, depending on the outcome, be in the JackAss movie or on America's Funniest Home videos, although I doubt the miss would be too funny!
Posted 39 months ago. ( permalink )

Ben Anderson (#BennehBoy) says:

Hey Mona,

I suppose this one is quite different to the others, and that's probably because it was taken purely by chance AND because I deliberately kept the framing quite far out in order to show the drop. Thanks for stopping by.
Posted 39 months ago. ( permalink )

lensjunkieBR [deleted] says:

Man, that photo is AWESOME!! What an amazing capture of stupidity in action!
Posted 39 months ago. ( permalink )

° . . [deleted] says:

stupidity? I think he knows well what he's doing.
Posted 39 months ago. ( permalink )

Ben Anderson (#BennehBoy) says:

Big Bax, one could easily mistake it for sheer stupidity, but in fact their actions are very well considered, these guys go to great lengths to ensure they only try jumps that they know they can make - they spend a lot of time practicing on the ground (jumping between low walls for example), and in gyms using padded equipment. I know because I spoke to these guys after the fact.

It is quite amazing to see without any foreknowledge of their sport though (and even with some). Thanks for taking the time to comment - it's very much appreciated.
Posted 39 months ago. ( permalink )

andrew_koronovich says:

wildchild!!!
Posted 39 months ago. ( permalink )

Kaddy says:

One of the best photos I've seen in a long while!!
Posted 39 months ago. ( permalink )

Tex Flix says:

As a father, my heart stops at the thought that this could be my son doing this one day. This is one spectacular photograph.
Posted 39 months ago. ( permalink )

Ben Anderson (#BennehBoy) says:

Tex Flix, I've got 3 little ones myself and know exactly where you're coming from. Looking back on my youth I know I did some pretty stupid things (far more stupid than this), including train surfing. I hope to god my kids have more brains and less peer pressure susceptibility than me. Thanks for taking the time to comment.
Posted 39 months ago. ( permalink )

Bucket2005 says:

Nicely done. I definatly think the black and white shot has more oomph than the color one. Now, here's to hoping you don't hear about this little tyke on the evening news saying he has fallen to his death.
Posted 39 months ago. ( permalink )

Ben Anderson (#BennehBoy) says:

I certainly hope I won't hear anything like that Bucket2005 - if you read up a little bit you'll see that although they do have a dangerous hobby, they do take every opportunity to minimise its risk.

Thanks for taking the time to write down your thoughts.
Posted 39 months ago. ( permalink )

philippecarrier says:

I'm with you Ben, I've done stuff way more stupid than this, sometimes alone with no one near to help if I got hurt. Love this shot, like all the others! I want you to try some more b&w too...
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

oldglass says:

This one looks like a scene from Donkey Kong handheld GameBoy. Excellent pov! Good job!
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

Neil D. says:

This has several points of interest, and gives an impression of motion even though in actuality it is frozen - a keeper!
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

Strawbleu™ says:

Doesn't really need saying again but I'm one for stating the obvious - TOP shot!
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

Briggate.com says:

Completely brilliant.
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

Rich.Bös says:

Respect to both photographer and jumper....!
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

D.ANN_Y [deleted] says:

great shot man , im stood directly below ( the one with the crossed arms) forgot my camera that day ......... what a mistake.
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

Ben Anderson (#BennehBoy) says:

Ha, cool that you're in the pic.
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

B. KATT says:

great composition!congrats
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

Strawbleu™ says:

D.ANN_Y - were you as annoyed as you look?
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

patisfaction ~ censored [deleted] says:

fab freeflow airtime!
sweeet leap yo!

seen @ Adrenaline! ~ Thrillz-n-Skillz ~
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

D.ANN_Y [deleted] says:

haha , yeah was pretty annoyed , its not very often that jump is attempted .
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

mcquade4 says:

Amazing picture of me!
The fact it was a chance shot just makes it more immense.
@ people believing I'm crazy/stupid/going to die early:
I have been training for almost 2 years now and would never attempt any sort of jump that could cause seriouse injury or worse if I wasn't 100% about making the other side.
That jump was all about getting over the fear of the height, it is 10ft wide and the rail which I must clear is below the point of take off, on the ground this is a jump I can do 100 times over, without fail, (the jump is on the latest of our videos on our site, www.frpk.co.uk and the video shows I clear the rail by a good 2 feet, more than enough room for error) but the 25-30ft drop proves to be quite a mental boundary to overcome and is the reason I did the jump.
Parkour isn't about the adrenaline rush, it is not about doing crazy jumps. It is about breaking free from the restraints we have all been brought up to follow, you walk along a path, we create our own!
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

° . . [deleted] says:

Site bookmarked.

Fun stuff bloody Youth! (my knees are out of order since a while LOL)
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

mcquade4 says:

cheers
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

Ben Anderson (#BennehBoy) says:

Hey Scott, good to see you on here :)
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

jovivebo says:

Awesome capture and excellent composition !
Thank you for posting in the 30 faves, 30 comments and 300 views group. If you have any contacts who could also contribute to this group please do invite them. This way we ensure that the group keeps on growing.
Thank you very much !
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

mcquade4 says:

Scot'T' - My name has two 't's in it =]

Any chance I can get a higher quality version of this picture?
mcquade4@hotmail.co.uk
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

adderall_223 says:

Wow. This is insanely awesome!
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

FrAcTuReD...fOtOs - onecrowdedhour says:

A very spectacular image. Well spotted and taken. These guys from what you say are fine young athletes. Mind you, to me it looks rather reckless. Youth...........don't ya just love how they love the excitement of life.
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

adr3988 says:

I love how there's action on every level in the photo. It's brilliant.
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

cactusmelba says:

awesome set man, well cool..

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Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

ian han says:

Fantastic shot.
Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

- Zara - says:

Oh YES! What a shot!

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Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

Kerry Reed says:

Steiner was right - A Sublime Shot!
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

Enlightened Fellow says:

Steiner was right - A sublime shot.

I do a lot of rock climbing, which some people see as risky. It's a sport where certain calculated fall risks are taken all the time.

Parkour is a sport where calculated fall risks are combined with high speed running. I couldn't do it, but I admire those who are comfortable enough with their abilities to go for it.
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

Denica says:

Cool shot, well seen and taken. Looks great on black!
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

surf_silvietta says:

O my God!!!

Fantastic ;)
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

0zzie says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Decisive Moments... Classics in B&W, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

GODOIRUM BASSANENSIS says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called The Coolest DAMN Cool Photographers on Flickr, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.

It's a brilliant take Benneh; I really love it!
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

Dreamer7112 says:

wow.... superkool !!!

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Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

Jonno_Ed says:

I am loving your parkour images - was looking at them yesterday but didn't have time to comment. I would have thought this is exactly the type of well shot street dynamic C4 were after..?
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

Marja_ and agent 6600 says:

congrats with the tate exhibition!
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

Ben Anderson (#BennehBoy) says:

Oh I see it's official now :D

Well for those that don't know what we're talking about, this photo will be on display in the Tate Britain gallery in London as part of the How We Are Now exhibition for the next month.

I'd like to say a huge thanks to Tate, and a rather large congratulations to all the other photographers who have also been picked.

flickr.com/groups/howwearenow/discuss/7215760 1241652683/

Get in there!

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Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

PaulvanDijk says:

wonderful picture, gratz on being a How Are we Now winner :)
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

lee snark says:

Congratulations, Ben!
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

PinkCappachino says:

OK!!! Can TOTALLY see why this is a winner!!! This is absolutely excellent!!!
Congrats again btw!!!
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

Ben Anderson (#BennehBoy) says:

Censored by the BBC?

It seems that the BBC have decided that my photo cannot be showed on their website as part of their coverage of the Tate How We Are Now winning photos:

www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/today/galleries/1938/

I'm seeking some clarification as to why my photo (and 2 others) has been omitted - hopefully their decision can be reversed. Hopefully I'm barking up the wrong tree and it's an overisght/technicality, in which case I will apologise for my petulance :)

Incidentally the other photos that were omitted are by Stephen Murphy and Kate Smith - both rather innocuous (but good).
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

cactusmelba says:

congratulations matey, you deserve it..

the BBC's WAY behind! we saw it here on Flickr AGES ago.. there's some REAL talent out here, it's time the world caught up!
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

Orhan Tsolak says:

Congratulations! For me this is by far is the best image from those selected.

It looks great on the Guardian (G2) today too. It was the last copy in my local store! :)
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

Ben Anderson (#BennehBoy) says:

@Cactus, aye mate I feel like I'm in good company amogst the others selected.

@Orhan*, that's very kind of yoiu to say. I really quite like almost all of the photos picked, I think they're very indicative of Britain today - which is afterall what the exhibition is about.
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

Farhiz says:

Congratulations on being selected, that's one super image and candid too!
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

doow. says:

What a great capture! Well done on making the final 40 :-)
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

GarotaDeIpanema says:

I saw it in detail on the Tate slide show, and when I realised what I was seeing my heart missed a beat. Great picture, and congratulations on being selected!
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

i didn't mean to go to Stoke says:

this is pure rock and roll, congratulations on winning, do not try this at home
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

Topsy at Waygood says:

Well done.
Let us know the outcome of your conversation with the BBC.
I just watched the video. All I can say is WOW !
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

Ben Anderson (#BennehBoy) says:

I'm assured that it's a technical hitch and that the 3 missing photos will appear shortly.

Thanks for all the faves and comments everyone, it's very much appreciated!
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

Flamelillyfox says:

Amazing shot, I'm speechless.
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

Nils Jorgensen says:

Nice. Congrats on Tate 40
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

Paul Russell99 says:

Looked great in the Guardian. Well done, sir.
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

Tate Gallery says:

This photograph was selected as one of forty photographs in the How We Are Now Flickr group which invited members of the public to submit their photographs to the exhibition How We Are: Photographing Britain at Tate Britain in 2007. The Final 40 photographs were shown at Tate Britain for the last month of the exhibition and are archived on Tate Online.

We would like to congratulate BennehBoy - master procrastinator and thank all those who took part in the project.
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

Ben Anderson (#BennehBoy) says:

Thanks very much Tate!
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

Hughes Léglise-Bataille says:

Great parkour shot !

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Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

Cybergabi says:

Congrats to you too, Ben. Wonderful.

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Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

lxsocon says:

There are those that say parkour / free-running is like being in a real-life video-game; this has got the left-to-right feel of a classic 'platformer' (I have to confess I haven't played a video game for about 15 years!). Top-notch! Incidentally, my comment about the final HWAN selection being 'bland' was referring to things like "the caravans" - certainly not this :-).
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

Ben Anderson (#BennehBoy) says:

I used to love platform games, my favourite was Impossible Mission on the C64 :D

Glad you like the pic mate.
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

Cybergabi says:

Giana Sisters, Atari 1040ST...
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

i didn't mean to go to Stoke says:

the classic Jet Set Willy on the speccy............those were the days
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

Bungle. says:

Ya'lright man,before today Rob Dolecki was my favourite photographer, not anymore man.
This photo really is perfect.
I'm at college at the moment doing photography,just wondering what you did to get where you are?
Do you think College and University are the best route or do you think natural ability and experience are better?
Cheers man,
Bungle
Posted 27 months ago. ( permalink )

Ben Anderson (#BennehBoy) says:

I've honestly no idea, this is still my hobby, I don't make a living from photography. For anyone who wants to go down that route, college and Uni can only be a good thing - the key is to be passionate about your subject, if you have that then eveything else will follow.

I'm glad you like the photo - truly.

Good luck.
Posted 27 months ago. ( permalink )

Allen (p2y2r7o) says:

Just found this set today, great shots! This one is incredible. I've been trying to keep up with the whole parkour scene as much as possible...even attempted getting into it myself, haha. It takes a lot to do some of the stuff they do.
Posted 27 months ago. ( permalink )

Mark Crowley says:

Whew! Superb. Like a short story.
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

freakdog says:

Super shot! A deserved win I think! The tension of this image is fantastic. It's got exactly the right amount of things going on for the shot and is beautifully captured. You couldn't have positioned the people better!
You've also got some great shots in your photostream and a definite style to your work.
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

James W Bell - Leeds says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Tower Blocks and Architecture of the 1960s and 1970s (UK only), and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

ihatepeppers says:

Hey Ben, That is one very cool shot- congratulations mate- definitely a fave!!!
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

b.zajac says:

cooooool
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

alexwise says:

Great shot mate

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Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

Gi_u says:

:O amazing....!
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

ѕιмσиα84 says:

great
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

Hobo Sam says:

Amazing picture.

Love it!
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

Yatur@ 安雅～YAN says:

VERY sPECIAL!
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

mattjennings65 says:

Great shot!!
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

[128-10619-13] [deleted] says:

very cool
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

prasad_mahale1 says:

Wow!!! Fabulous street shot!!!
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

penelope's odyssey says:

Gabi's faves brought me here to this gem of yours. An amazing capture.
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

benrobins says:

A great shot - even without the perfect capture of motion, the urban grittiness works really well. Bravo :)
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

i'mnotfred says:

wow
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

legomansam says:

cool...........i do PK in lincoln but im not in lincse parkour.....im with over flow who h8 LPK..... XD
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

-Steve Roe- says:

Who mentioned decisive moment - marvellous photograph.
Posted 3 days ago. ( permalink )

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