Dear Luke + Ben
Dear Luke + Ben
Ben Rennie + Luke Shanahan
Ben Baker vs The Presidents (Part 2)
38 minutes Posted Dec 30, 2021 at 4:35 am.
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Ben Shares honest & powerful perspectives on what it takes to shoot the president of the united states, not once, over and over again!

With a camera, of course, in the oval office with some of the most powerful humans in the world!

How chance plays a part in our lives, but not at the expense of hard work, finding your voice and stamping your footprint on the planet, regardless of how big or seemingly far away that world might be.

 

Ben is a beacon of hope for all of us. He represents anything is possible, how to keep looking forward, make good decisions, and the chips will, more often than not, land exactly where you need them to. In Bens case, in the White House or on the front cover of Rolling Stone or The New Yorker!On his way to an assisting in the UK Ben stopped by New York City where he was offered a position as an assistant to the legendary Annie Leibovitz. His first project with Annie and Vanity Fair magazine was the 1998 Hollywood cover with Cate Blanchett, Joaquin Phoenix, Vince Vaughn, Toby Maguire, Natalie Portman, Christina Ricci and others.

After time with Leibovitz, he went to on to assist legendary photographers Mary Ellen Mark, Harry Benson and Mark Seliger and Martin Schoeller on projects for Rolling Stone, The New Yorker, Time, and Life magazines.

His shooting career began with assignments from New York Magazine, Newsweek, Esquire and Time. He then went on to shooting projects for Fortune, AARP, Forbes and Oprah Magazine amongst many others.

His most notable subjects to date have been, President Barack Obama, President Donald Trump, President Bush, President Bill Clinton, Vice President Joe Biden, First Lady Michelle Obama, Warren Buffett, Michael Bloomberg, Oprah Winfrey Tony Bennett, Lady Gaga, Ralph Lauren, Jay -Z, Rupert Murdoch, Hosni Mubarak of Pakistan, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran, Hamid Karzi of Afghanistan.

He has shot advertising campaigns for MasterCard, IBM, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Bloomberg, USAA and Charles Schwab.