soulcraft
Hey there! My name is Sumner (Ben) Franke. I’m a creative polymath and although I’ve studied art and design my entire life, I'm currently obsessed with photography. I started taking photos with artistic intention as a new creative medium in June 2018 but didn’t try my hand at film until summer 2019. My obsession evolved as I tried and collected every camera and film stock I could get my hands on. Now I own far too many. Wait… is that even possible?
Following more than ten years of academic figure art and anatomy studies, my focus often surrounds the purest celebration of the sculptural and metaphorical beauty of the human body, free of the branded materialism we so often hide behind. There is unmatched storytelling in every aspect of the body, especially juxtaposed against the scale and unfathomable age of our planet. I’m interested in deep states of introspective reflection and emotional states in relation to nature, especially the subsequent self expression that arises through alignment with these elemental forces and locations. I’m ever seeking timeless moments during which one might say the soul itself is revealed.
Currently working on a book! Sign up for updates here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/soulcraft/alchemy-of-alignment
Grateful to be in the Lomo Spotlight, read up here: tinyurl.com/thlctv3
Check out this other great interview: tinyurl.com/ubndsen
If you enjoy my work, follow me on Instagram or support me on Patreon!
• Website - SoulcraftPhotography.com
• Patreon - www.patreon.com/soul_craft
• Instagram - www.Instagram.com/soul.craft
• Art & Design - solsticesun.wixsite.com/home
Contactez-moi pour : Film swaps, Séances de développement et de tirage, Partager mes passe-temps, Tirages carte postale, Road trips & Rencontres entre passionné(e)s
Here since 2019 161 26 877 748Pasadena/États-Unis
Mes photos Mes Albums Mes Murs Mes films Mes Likes
Mes Albums
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Album : POLAROID 600SE W/ POLAROID FILM BACK | POLACOLOR 669 EXP ‘90S | @VIRIBUSFEMINA | LITTLE DEER CREEK CANYON, UTAH | SEPT 2023
partagé par soulcraft le 2025-07-01 · 3 Photos -
Album : FUJI PANORAMA G617 | 120 Portra 400 exp 1999 | @kristyjessica @reedandweep | Oct 2024
partagé par soulcraft le 2025-03-30 · 4 Photos -
Album : POLAROID 600SE W/ POLAROID FILM BACK | Reclaimed Negatives - FUJI FP-100C (exp unknown) | @ephem_eros | @HAMMOND_SPACE PASADENA | MARCH 2025
partagé par soulcraft le 2025-03-27 · 3 Photos -
Album : Fuji Panorama g617 | 220 KODAK TRI-X 320 exp July 2007 (Hand Dev with TMAX chemistry) | Shantia and Kristy Jessica | Lake Powell | Oct 2024
partagé par soulcraft le 2025-03-19 · 7 Photos -
Album : OLYMPUS OM-2N | POLAPAN INSTANT 35MM EXPIRED '84 | @VIRIBUSFEMINA | JOSHUA TREE | MARCH 2024
partagé par soulcraft le 2024-09-23 · 16 Photos -
Album : FUJI PANORAMA G617 | 120 PORTRA 400 | @VIRIBUSFEMINA | JOSHUA TREE | MARCH 2022
partagé par soulcraft le 2024-05-09 · 2 Photos
Mes Métas
- Tags:
- analogart
- analoguelove
- artmodel
- bodypositive
- female
- feminine
- figure
- filmisnotdead
- filmphotography
- fineartnude
- hp5
- lomography
- nature
- nude
- nudeart
- nudeinnature
- nudity
- outdoorart
- utah
- woman
- Cameras:
- Fuji FP-UL
- Fuji G617
- Mamiya 645
- Mamiya RB67 Pro S
- Nickelodeon PhotoBlaster
- Nikon F2 Titan
- Olympus OM-2N
- Polaroid 600SE
- Polaroid 600SE (with Polaroid 600 back)
- Films:
- Fuji FP-100c
- Fuji FP100B45
- Fuji FP100C
- ILFORD FP4 PLUS 125
- Ilford HP5
- Ilford HP5 Plus 400
- Kodak Ektar 100
- Kodak Gold 200 (35mm)
- Kodak Gold 400 (35mm)
- Kodak Portra 400
- Kodak Portra 400 (120)
- Kodak TriX 320
- LomoChrome Purple 35mm 100-400
- Polaroid 600
- Polaroid PolaChrome 35mm
- Polaroid Polacolor 669
- Polaroid Polacolor Pro 100
- Ultrafine Exteme 100
- Ultrafine Extreme 100