He has photographed subjects as diverse as youth culture in Scotland, Australian gold mining and Spain's economic crisis. He is currently working on a body of work exploring social and physical geography on the periphery of London. In 2009 Ben was the recipient of the British Journal of Photography's Project Assistance Award for his series The Gathering Clouds – a contemplative look at the effects of the economic crisis on Spain's social and physical landscape. In 2010, he was named as one of PDN's 30 New and Emerging Photographers to Watch, and in 2011 he had his first solo show at the 3rd Floor Gallery in Cardiff. Ben is represented by Picturetank in Paris.