Ben takes photos of things he sees in the world,
often digitally but sometimes with analogue film.

Photography

Images since 2014

Staff kitchen, John Hansard Gallery, Southampton

Winchester

Shower curtain and ceiling light, Winchester

Perranuthnoe

Isaac Julien exhibition, Tate Britain, 2023

Southampton

London, 2023

Southampton, 2023

Winchester

Wedding bunting, beams, brick arch in mirror, Devon 2023

John Hansard Gallery, Southampton

2021

Itchen Way, 2021

Itchen, Hampshire

Hampshire

Winchester

Hampshire

Hampshire

Winchester

Southampton

Southampton

Park Road Railway Bridge at Twilight, 2020

Winchester

Winchester

Under Stairs, Fareham Station, 2020

Southampton

Winchester

After Anya Gallacio, John Hansard Gallery

Winchester

Thurlstone, Devon

Lee on the Solent

Hamble, 2017

Winchester, 2017

coastal erosion of gaboon's, Dorset, 2017

Winchester, 2014

2017

St Matthews Church, Winchester

Southampton

Light Projection, 2018

Street Composition: Green, Blue, Yellow, 2018

Winchester

Thurlstone, Devon

Winchester

Thurlestone, Devon

Winchester

Cornwall

Winchester

Memorial, Botley

Winchester, 2023

Winchester, 2014

Bishops Waltham Palace, 2014

Apocalypses
an ongoing series

Exhibition Apocalypse

Winchester School of Art, 2023

Lighting Apocalypse

Winchester, 2024

Chair Apocalypse

Winchester, 2024

Umbrella Apocalypse

Southampton, 2023

Farming Apocalypse

Shawford, 2019

Tree Apocalypse

Ladywell Fields, 2012

School Wall Apocalypse

Bermondsey, c.2006

Petrol Station Apocalypse

Old Kent Road, circa 2006

Television Apocalypse

New Cross Gate, 2002

Studio Views, 2023
experiments in black and white film

Colour studies, 2020-4
furniture, laundry and raincoats

Window reflections, 2022
Jewry Street Winchester from the bus stop

Pictures from a curious Devon holiday cottage, 2021

Gallery views, from 2007 ongoing

Pictures from behind the scenes at the galleries where I have worked, and some others.

Art History: Gallery Floor Detritus, 2018

Uprights, 2021
Juxtaposition of structural images

Images up to 2013

Fog, Winchester, 2013

Berries in Snow, London, 2013

Vines, Greenway, Devon, 2012

Structure in car park of Chateau Pontecoulant, France, 2012

Foam Shapes in the Garden, London, 2012

Port of Portsmouth, 2012

Fog, London Bridge, 2012

Football and Mating Moths, London, 2012

Pink Bucket, Pumpkins and Suzuki, Normandy, 2012

Icicles, London, 2010

Old Kent Road Composition, 2010

Chair Chapel, France, 2010

Foggy Window View, Devon, 2010

Madonna of the Stripes, Bermondsey, 2009

Another Bankside Gallery, 2008

Telegraph Hill Chair Donation, c.2008

Brockley Cemetery, 2008

Soft Toy Wash Day, New Cross, c.2008

Young Mountain (for Duncan), The Borough, c.2008

Success Action (International Phone Poster, New Cross), 2008

Crystal Global (International Phone Poster, New Cross), 2008

Tate Modern, 2008

Normandy Window, 2008

Three Buckets of Wood, Telegraph Hill, 2007

Coopers Road Flats during demolition, London, 2007

Borough Back Door, 2006

'Die Maler', Berlin, 2006

Hope Court Reflection, 2006

Milton Keynes Shopping Centre, 2006

Maija and Blom's bathroom with Shades and Devilhead, Brockley, 2006

Tate Kitchen Flowers, c.2006

Barbican Locks, 2005

Elephant and Castle Market 2005

Flats before demolition, Surrey Quays, 2005

Still Life with Pears, c.2005

Still Life with Peaches, c.2005

Dartboard and Skull Balloon, Deptford, c.2005

Ile de la Cité, 2004

Railway Tracks, St. Emilion, 2003

Plaster Arse and Ironwork, Courtauld, c.2003

Telegraph, Penzance c.2003

Behind the Scenes, Le Barroux Chateau, France c.2003

Swans at Fareham Creek, c.2003

Storm over Kender Triangle, 2003

Hallway with Mirror, Lights and Bikes, Stamford Hill, 2000

TV Apocalypse, c.2002

Adrian's Electronics Project, 2000

Shoreditch Diner, 1999

Window composition, Chocolate Factory Wood Green, 1999

A Tale of Two Cities compsition, 1999

Existing (Tottenham), 1998

drawings, collage

Works on paper

Nose Counselling Headphones, 2024

Ballpoint pen on paper

This whimsical play on words had been going around in my head for a while when I decided to create a cartoon, which was on a letter to my good friend and fellow artist Nicole Mollett. If you struggle to read the text please click to enlarge the image.

Untitled, 2022

20 blank white areas torn from the pages of art magazines, masking tape

untitled work on paper, Benjamin Whitaker, 2021

16 Shades of Grey, 2022

16 grey areas torn from the pages of art magazines,
record turntable

Lordship Lane, 2021
(After Camille Pissarro)
Acrylic on Paper

As featured in the 'Afters' show online exhibition. After a painting by Pissarro from roughly in the same location about a century earlier, now in the collection of the Courtauld Gallery in London.

Read more about this on the exhibition website.

Heavy is the Head, 2020
Outcome from a lockdown postal collaborative drawing project.

Heavy is the Head, Benjamin Whitaker drawing 2020

Railway Sleepers

An ongoing series

Moby Dick, 2020
mixed media work using card, paper, tape and ink. Became the inspiration for a sound piece (see in music and video section)

Moby Dick, work on paper, Benjamin Whitaker 2020

American History

Skyline, smoke ring, mountain, wigwam | caravan

Pastoral Passion

Foxy lady, hearts desire, pulse, haystack, camisole

Regency Romance

Powder pink, porch, lilac, dusk, whisper, lady blush, soft linen, flame red, moonshine, forget me not, post bag, moody blue

Fantastic Folly

Storytime, folk magic, cloak, royal son, braid lace shawl, royal touch, moon kissed, unicorn, tiara