Ben Ward - Photographing loneliness in the West

Ben Ward (b. 1994) is a Colorado-based American photographer and cinematographer. Ben’s photography focuses on a documentary approach to the human experience and the changing social and environmental landscape of the American West. In 2021, he published his book I Dream of Dust with Temper Books and in 2018 he published Clay during the production of the short film ‘Clay’ by Holocene Studios. He has been featured in Then There was Us - AND 2022, Booooooom - Circles and Pomegranate Press - Nothing Left but Healing. Solo shows include Lonesome Valley Calls in Fort Collins, CO, Lonesome No More at Bolt Gallery Fort Collins, CO and has been featured in Forms at Side Stories in Denver, Fragments of Devotion at Secret Flowers in Richmond, VA, Nothing Left But Healing, Agony Books Richmond, VA, and ImageNation Paris, Galerie Joseph Turenne Paris, France

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