Australian photographer Ben Thomas turns urban landscapes into stunning painterly artworks. "This is the rooftop of a car park at Melbourne airport that was closed to cars at the time. I jumped up to get the shot, but I don't know if you can quite tell you've got the Melbourne skyline off into the distance," he said in a phone interview.
Melbourne —
Australian photographer Ben Thomas turns urban landscapes into stunning painterly artworks. "This is the rooftop of a car park at Melbourne airport that was closed to cars at the time. I jumped up to get the shot, but I don't know if you can quite tell you've got the Melbourne skyline off into the distance," he said in a phone interview.
Ben Thomas
"This was shot with a zoom lens of Fifth Avenue. The Art Deco yellow at the top of that building is absolutely incredible. This is probably one of the most popular images from the series."
New York —
"This was shot with a zoom lens of Fifth Avenue. The Art Deco yellow at the top of that building is absolutely incredible. This is probably one of the most popular images from the series."
Ben Thomas
"This is a pool called Icebergs, which is one of these amazing ocean/pool venues at Bondi Beach in Sydney. It's just people going about their diary kind of routine, enjoying the water."
Bondi beach —
"This is a pool called Icebergs, which is one of these amazing ocean/pool venues at Bondi Beach in Sydney. It's just people going about their diary kind of routine, enjoying the water."
Ben Thomas
"This is part of the new series that I've been working on based off a trip to [the Italian island of] Procida. It's kind of documenting the beginning of the process, so catching the ferry from Naples over to the island."
Procida —
"This is part of the new series that I've been working on based off a trip to [the Italian island of] Procida. It's kind of documenting the beginning of the process, so catching the ferry from Naples over to the island."
Ben Thomas
"This is the top of the boat from the previous image. The buildings belong to Naples and these are the tourists and locals looking to make that commute over to Procida."
Procida —
"This is the top of the boat from the previous image. The buildings belong to Naples and these are the tourists and locals looking to make that commute over to Procida."
Ben Thomas
"Another image from Procida. This shot is pretty conducive of what life's like there for the locals, it's a pretty amazing scene where each building has got its own color."
Procida —
"Another image from Procida. This shot is pretty conducive of what life's like there for the locals, it's a pretty amazing scene where each building has got its own color."
Ben Thomas
"The thing that's really nice about this photo is that it's actually a bit meta, because the lady that's having the hot dog on the left hand side is also being photographed by another camera outside the frame. It's a posed photo. So it's me taking a photo of the photo, essentially."
Coney Island —
"The thing that's really nice about this photo is that it's actually a bit meta, because the lady that's having the hot dog on the left hand side is also being photographed by another camera outside the frame. It's a posed photo. So it's me taking a photo of the photo, essentially."
Ben Thomas
"I was down at Coney Island, really early in the morning, when it wasn't too busy. I went with a minimalist kind of feel with this one, that gives it a really cool graphical look."
Coney Island —
"I was down at Coney Island, really early in the morning, when it wasn't too busy. I went with a minimalist kind of feel with this one, that gives it a really cool graphical look."
Ben Thomas
"This is the back of a stationery store in Melbourne. I was really searching for these pockets of color -- other than this building, here, this is a sea of gray concrete."
Melbourne —
"This is the back of a stationery store in Melbourne. I was really searching for these pockets of color -- other than this building, here, this is a sea of gray concrete."
Ben Thomas
"I was a on location shooting some work for the New Yorker magazine and this is one of the outtakes. It was taken at this incredibly massive theme park in 45 degrees Celsius weather, so it's kind of appropriate to see the melting ice cream on the building. You wouldn't think it's Dubai either, when seeing this image."
Dubai —
"I was a on location shooting some work for the New Yorker magazine and this is one of the outtakes. It was taken at this incredibly massive theme park in 45 degrees Celsius weather, so it's kind of appropriate to see the melting ice cream on the building. You wouldn't think it's Dubai either, when seeing this image."
Ben Thomas
"I got invited by McLaren to go shoot with them earlier in the year. I was lucky enough to be able to get full access to the Formula One Grand Prix at Melbourne. This shot was a really hard one to get. I had 2.7 seconds to do it and I was shooting on a relatively slowish, medium format camera that's not really designed for sports photography. So it was a real effort to get that lined up. But the thing that's most interesting is that about 90% of the people that are looking at this moment, in the background, are looking at it through the screens of their phones."
Melbourne F1 Track —
"I got invited by McLaren to go shoot with them earlier in the year. I was lucky enough to be able to get full access to the Formula One Grand Prix at Melbourne. This shot was a really hard one to get. I had 2.7 seconds to do it and I was shooting on a relatively slowish, medium format camera that's not really designed for sports photography. So it was a real effort to get that lined up. But the thing that's most interesting is that about 90% of the people that are looking at this moment, in the background, are looking at it through the screens of their phones."
Ben Thomas
"This is just a wall in Paris -- I was interested in pushing things more into a kind of abstract space and looking for hidden areas of color in public spaces."
Paris —
"This is just a wall in Paris -- I was interested in pushing things more into a kind of abstract space and looking for hidden areas of color in public spaces."
Ben Thomas
"This is just a magical moment, after a storm came through in Florence. You can actually see that off in the distance. There was this amazing golden light coming through and just the perfect kind of scenario, lighting this fantastic canary yellow dress walking across the road."
Florence —
"This is just a magical moment, after a storm came through in Florence. You can actually see that off in the distance. There was this amazing golden light coming through and just the perfect kind of scenario, lighting this fantastic canary yellow dress walking across the road."
Ben Thomas
"Adelaide is my hometown and it's having a real renaissance moment in terms of its architecture and urban design. I was there earlier this year with my family and it's a really great thing to go back there and see what's happening."
Adelaide —
"Adelaide is my hometown and it's having a real renaissance moment in terms of its architecture and urban design. I was there earlier this year with my family and it's a really great thing to go back there and see what's happening."
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