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
Pasadena/United States
My Photos My Albums My Walls My Movies My Likes
My Albums
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Album: OLYMPUS OM-2N | POLAPAN INSTANT 35MM EXPIRED '84 | @VIRIBUSFEMINA | JOSHUA TREE | MARCH 2024
shared by soulcraft on 2024-09-23 · 16 Photos 5 487 -
Album: FUJI PANORAMA G617 | 120 PORTRA 400 | @VIRIBUSFEMINA | JOSHUA TREE | MARCH 2022
shared by soulcraft on 2024-05-09 · 2 Photos 110 -
Album: FUJI FP-UL W/ 4x5 INSTANT FILM BACK | EXPIRED FUJI FP-100B45 (Positives and Negatives) | @NAUSICAA_YAMI_ | @HAMMOND_SPACE PASADENA | OCT 2023
shared by soulcraft on 2024-04-14 · 11 Photos 279 -
Album: POLAROID 600SE W/ POLAROID FILM BACK | FUJI FP-100C EXP 1/2008 | @NAUSICAA_YAMI_ | @HAMMOND_SPACE PASADENA | OCT 2023
shared by soulcraft on 2024-04-13 · 5 Photos 151 -
Album: NIKON F2 TITANIUM 50MM 1.4 | KODAK PORTRA 400 | VIVIAN COVE | MARCH 2021
shared by soulcraft on 2024-03-01 · 14 Photos 3 528 -
Album: Fuji Panorama G617 | 120 Portra 400 | @viribusfemina @siennahayes.model | Utah | June 2022
shared by soulcraft on 2024-02-09 · 3 Photos 1 236
My Metas
- Tags:
- analogart
- analoguelove
- artmodel
- beauty
- body
- bodypositive
- boudoir
- expired
- exploring
- female
- feminine
- figure
- figuremodel
- film
- filmisnotdead
- filmphotography
- fine art
- fine art nude
- fineart
- fineartmodel
- fineartnude
- friends
- hp5
- ilford
- implied
- lomochromepurple
- lomography
- lowlight
- magical
- maui
- naked
- natural
- naturalbeauty
- nature
- nude
- nudeart
- nudeinnature
- nudes
- nudity
- olympus
- om
- om2n
- outdoorart
- photoblaster
- rocks
- skin
- snake
- utah
- woman
- women
- 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)
- LomoChrome Purple Film 100-400 35mm
- Polaroid 600
- Polaroid PolaChrome 35mm
- Polaroid Polacolor 669
- Polaroid Polacolor Pro 100
- Ultrafine Exteme 100
- Ultrafine Extreme 100