Hi, my name is Ben Elliott. I'm an Architectural Designer and Amateur Photographer/Artist; originally from Portchester, near Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK.
This website exists as a space in which I can explore different ideas using photography and digital artwork outside of my day job in architectural practice.
I took Fine Art at A level, but instead of going to art school I took a more technical/architectural route; first gaining a Degree and then a Diploma in Architecture in 2009. Since then, I have been working as an Architectural Designer on small and some not so small projects in Hampshire and in London.
I began to take photographs on a more regular basis, after seeing the Harry Callahan retrospective at the Tate Modern in 2014. I hope this website touches on the initial inspiration I felt that day.
EDUCATION
2007-2009 Diploma in Architecture (Merit)
2001-2006 BA (Hons) Architecture (2.1)
2007-2009 Diploma in Architecture (Merit)
2001-2006 BA (Hons) Architecture (2.1)
INFLUENCES (IN SHORT):
Martin Pearce (Diploma in Architecture Studio Tutor)
History and Theory lectures and studio discussions
Martin Pearce (Diploma in Architecture Studio Tutor)
History and Theory lectures and studio discussions
John Taverner (Composer)
'The Protecting Veil'
'The Protecting Veil'
Christo and Jean Claude
Wrapping of objects, buildings, landscapes
Wrapping of objects, buildings, landscapes
Jean Baudrillard (Philosopher)
“I’ve never been interested in architecture. I have no specific feelings about it one way or the other. I’m interested in space, yes, and in anything in so called ‘constructed’ objects that enable me to experience the instability of space…”
“I’ve never been interested in architecture. I have no specific feelings about it one way or the other. I’m interested in space, yes, and in anything in so called ‘constructed’ objects that enable me to experience the instability of space…”
Harry Callahan (Photographer)
Especially his more abstract and texture driven work
Especially his more abstract and texture driven work
Alberto Giacometti
Post 1945 sculpture figures and link with Jean Paul Sartre
Post 1945 sculpture figures and link with Jean Paul Sartre
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