Ben Skinner

Having been enticed by photography at an early age and with a formal education in the field, the job of a photojournalist he acquired in his youth days didn’t fit Skinner for very long. The defined frames of photojournalism, although a noble craft in its own right, wasn’t quite getting across what Skinner was trying to convey. After making a break from such work, he decided to embark on a more personal quest and take up photography as a form of artistic expression, capturing scenes as he saw fit. Moving his practice in a completely new direction, he chose to manipulate the set of the photograph in order to deliver certain emotions to the viewer, basing his whole work on the duality between what the mind is telling you that you should feel and what you actually feel. Distinct in that regard, the artist shows us how what we visually perceive can differ profoundly from the reality, whether it refers to an exterior scene or our own selves.

Scope Miami Beach, 2015
Scope New York, 2016
Scope Miami Beach, 2016
ArtUp, Lille (France), 2016