Parkour

[BennyBoy]

Thought you might find my parkour photography interesting - if not, oh well eh!

portfolio - Ben Anderson | Parkour, Freerunning, Youth & Emo Photos

blog - Urban Motion

flickr - Flickr: Photos from #BennehBoy

Ello to everyone from BW that I used to work with btw - been a long time!

[Wazzerphuk]

Why are people that free run generally repulsive looking?

Some good shots there, there's plenty of scope with this sport/activity for creative freedom, would probably be good if you managed to work closely with them, creating an overall aesthetic, rather than just shooting what they do (by this I mean taking in large consideration of geometric and person positioning to create striking images).

Dunno how many films it's featured in now, but District 13 is a particularly fun film

[BennyBoy]

I've been shooting with them for about 18 months and will be heading over to Lisses (birthplace of parkour) this summer as I try get a more rounded view of them and their lives.

The Urban Motion - A journey set on my flickr page has a much more rounded view than just the spectacular stuff, I prefer many of the photos in there. Urban Motion - A Journey - a photoset on Flickr

So far I've had one of the photos displayed at Tate Britain, another about to be published in an art book, an article in JPG magazine, and stuff in papers like the Times and Guardian - my end goal is to get a book published.

Cheers for your thoughts.

[Wazzerphuk]

Good luck with the book: I can imagine it could do very well with the right balance of content and visual style.

[BennyBoy]

Cheers fella.

[Mazling]

Turning cities into one huge (and vertical) playground has fascinated me since I first learned of parkour/freerunning - nice photos ;-)

[Trem]

Benneh!

How you doing you old cow?

where is this de-escalate on Flickr - Photo Sharing! is it in Leeds, i like the picture.

[BennyBoy]

Hiya Trem, I'm not bad man.

@brooky yeah it's in Leeds, near the Merrion centre (top end near the uni) - they've ripped it out now and replaced it with some stairs.

[Wonk]

Originally Posted by Wazzerphuk

but District 13 is a particularly fun film

Banlieue 13? yeah, it's amazing. Everything but the parkour is crap though

[Ch3tan]

Lo Benny, quality pics, good luck matey

[BennyBoy]

Cheers Ch3t

[Sparx]

What equipment you using? lens etc?

some really interesting shots there. I think you need to be a little more selective tho. But liking the energy in the more moody shots. I'm a big fan of darker images when i take them myself

[TdC]

Some nice pics there Ben. I also like your own portrait.

Originally Posted by TdC

Some nice pics there Ben. I also like your own portrait.

dutch gayzor alert - :-) thought you liked your men in rubber teeds