Benjamin is a visual artist based in Los Angeles, California. Growing up in rural Upstate New York fostered a curiosity about the world that shaped what his practice has become today. For years, Benjamin worked as a commercial photographer and retoucher. Lacking a sense of fulfillment in the commercial world, he began conceptualizing multi-layered projects that begin with photography and incorporate liquid emulsion, painting and installation. Exploring elements of identity, culture, humanity and reality; his work often portrays the familiar in a grandiose or fantastical approach. Today Benjamin is often traveling and creating on a number of different bodies of work that he likens to his own journey towards enlightenment. His process and it’s portrayal through verse highlight an ongoing struggle between reality and fantasy that becomes an integral part the final art.