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Ben Horne

@benhorne.bsky.social
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Large Format Photographer, Printmaker, Podcaster and Environmental Advocate

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Ben Horne @benhorne.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Another photo from my January visit to Death Valley. I loved the look of these tufts of grass among the dunes, so I found a composition I liked at midday and then waited until after sunset to expose some film. Photographed on Fuji Provia 100f 8x10 film.
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Ben Horne @benhorne.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
That’s so cool that you’ve been watching Craig! You’d have a blast photographing those canyons with B&W. There are so many areas with such wonderful contrast and shape that’s well suited for B&W.
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Ben Horne @benhorne.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Photographed on Kodak Portra 160 8x10 film with my Nikkor SW 150mm lens and my Chamonix Alpinist X camera.
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Ben Horne @benhorne.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
A canyon scene from Death Valley this past January. Photographed on Provia 100f 8x10 film.
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Ben Horne @benhorne.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
This is my second photo from my fall visit to Zion. Photographed on Fuji Provia 100F 8x10 film with my Chamonix Alpinist X camera and Fujinon C 300mm lens.
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Ben Horne @benhorne.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
I found this scene in deep shade near the entrance of a slot canyon. To me the leaf looked like a sailor lost at sea. The frothy foreground texture of rain drops in the sand adds to the feeling of turbulent seas. Photographed on Fuji Provia 100F 8x10 film.
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Ben Horne @benhorne.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
This photo was also taken on last month’s visit to North Coyote buttes. I love the soft pastel color palette of Provia in subdued light. Photographed on Fuji Provia 100F 8x10 film with my Chamonix Alpinist X 8x10 camera and a Fujinon C 450mm lens.
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Ben Horne @benhorne.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
It’s time to start working on this year’s zine. Preorders begin next month.
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Ben Horne @benhorne.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
For those in California that need to upgrade to a Real ID, submitting scans of your documents online allows you to go in the appointment line at the DMV without an appointment. I only spent 20 minutes or so at the DMV. Utterly painless.
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Ben Horne @benhorne.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
A photo taken this past November on an extremely windy day at The Wave. Photographed on Fuji Provia 100f 8x10 film with my Chamonix Alpinist X and a Fujinon C 450mm lens.
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Ben Horne @benhorne.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
This is my final photo from my February visit to Death Valley. While hiking down an alluvia fan, I spotted this white rock cradled by a dead desert holly. Photographed on Fuji Provia 100f 8x10 film with my Chamonix Alpinist X and a Fujinon A 240mm lens.
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Ben Horne @benhorne.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
If zip ties and duct tape got into a fight, who would win?
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Ben Horne @benhorne.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Photographed on Fuji Provia 100f 8x10 film with my Chamonix Alpinist X and a Fujinon A 240mm lens.
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Ben Horne @benhorne.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
A photo from my February visit to the desert. Photographed on Fuji Provia 100f 8x10 film using my Chamonix Alpinist X with a Nikkor SW 150mm. I spotted this short-lived glow the day before, noted the time, then returned to this canyon a bit earlier the following day to photograph it.
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Ben Horne @benhorne.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Whenever I see the word “Flatiron”, I read it as “Falitron” — which sounds more like a Transformer.
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Ben Horne @benhorne.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
A photo from my February visit to the desert. It was a dry and windy winter, and I loved how course sand was blown among the mud tiles. Photographed on Fuji Provia 100f 8x10 film with my Chamonix Alpinist X camera and a Fujinon C 300mm f/8.5 lens.
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Ben Horne @benhorne.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
On a windy day in Death Valley, I hiked to a canyon that was sheltered from the wind and photographed this wonderful glow. Photographed on Fuji Provia 100f 8x10 film with my Chamonix Alpinist X camera and a Fujinon A 240mm lens.
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Ben Horne @benhorne.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
For scenes like this, a bit of front tilt is required. Combine that with stopping down a bit, and I get most everything in focus. This was taken at f/45 on a lens that stops down to f/90.
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Ben Horne @benhorne.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
A photo from my February visit to the desert. Photographed on Fuji Provia 100f 8x10 film with my Chamonix Alpinist X camera and Fujinon A 240mm lens.
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Ben Horne @benhorne.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
A photo from my February visit to the desert. Taken on Kodak Portra 160 8x10 film with my Chamonix Alpinist X 8x10 camera and a Fujinon A 240mm lens.
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Ben Horne @benhorne.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Much like my post from yesterday, this too is a scene I’ve tried to photograph several times before finally getting it right. Photographed on Fuji Provia 100f 8x10 film with my Chamonix Alpinist X camera and a Fujinon C 300mm f/8.5 lens.
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Ben Horne @benhorne.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Maple leaves love to dance in the slightest of a breeze, but on this particular morning, the air was perfectly still during this 32 second exposure. Photo on Fuii Provia 100f 8x10 film with a Fujinon A 240mm lens on my Chamonix Alpinist X camera.
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Ben Horne @benhorne.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
A photo from my fall visit to Zion. Photographed on Fuji Provia 100f with my Chamonix Alpinist X 8x10 camera.
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Ben Horne @benhorne.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
A photo from fall trip to Zion, as seen in the video that went live earlier today. Photographed on Fuji Provia 100f 8x10 film with my Chamonix Alpinist X 8x10 camera.
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Ben Horne @benhorne.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
My first 4 photos from my fall 2024 visit to Zion National Park. All were photographed on Fuji Provia 100f 8x10 film with my Chamonix Alpinist X camera.
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Ben Horne @benhorne.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Think it through. 😉
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Ben Horne @benhorne.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Ever have the urge to stand outside a coffee shop and ask people what time it is?
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Ben Horne @benhorne.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
This is hilarious on many levels. I mean, Mesa Arch? It’s clearly a place I hang out with all my hot influencer friends.
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Ben Horne @benhorne.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Packing print portfolio orders today.
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Ben Horne @benhorne.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Many of you who ordered my 2024 print portfolio will receive shipping notifications soon. Once all of them have been mailed, I’ll begin shipping zine orders.
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Ben Horne @benhorne.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Anyone else have a cat that demands to be spun?
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Ben Horne @benhorne.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
I’ve received my shipment of zines, and they turned out great. I spotted one mistake, but it’s no biggie. I used the same caption for 2 photos. But those are the sort of imperfections that make our work real, something I reference in the introduction.
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Ben Horne @benhorne.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
They sure are useful! I double box the portfolios with a smaller form-fitting rectangular box inside a larger square box for corner protection.
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Ben Horne @benhorne.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
For those who have ordered a zine, I will receive the shipment from the print shop on Friday and will begin shipping print portfolio orders with bundled zines first. After that, I’ll ship individual zine orders. Print portfolio only orders have already shipped.
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Ben Horne @benhorne.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Making good use of some nice weather before the rain arrives this weekend
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Ben Horne @benhorne.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Printing the vellum sheets for my 2024 print portfolios today. I love working with a wide variety of materials when producing these print portfolios.
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Ben Horne @benhorne.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Just a quick update to say I’ve submitted the final design of my Zine to the print shop for production, and I’m in the process of printing the final image for this year’s print portfolio. I’m over a week of last year, and hope to start shipping at the end of this month.
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Ben Horne @benhorne.bsky.social · 09/08/2024
My 2024 Print Portfolio is now available for preorder. Thanks everyone! www.benhorne.com/store/2024pr...
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Ben Horne @benhorne.bsky.social · 02/07/2024
Between a rock and a hard place, the perfect spot for a cactus to thrive. Photographed during my May backpacking trip on Provia 100F 8x10 film.
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Ben Horne @benhorne.bsky.social · 15/06/2024
The first episode of my spring 2024 video journal is now available on Patreon: www.patreon.com/benhorne
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Ben Horne @benhorne.bsky.social · 06/05/2024
On a cloudy and blustery day in Zion, I noticed how direct sunlight would repeatedly illuminate this sandstone formation. Photographed on Fuji Provia 100f 8x10 film with my Chamonix Alpinist X and a Nikkor SW 150mm lens.
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Ben Horne @benhorne.bsky.social · 29/04/2024
This is my final photo from my February visit to Death Valley. Photographed on Fuji Provia 100F with my Chamonix Alpinist X 8x10 camera using a Fujinon C 300mm lens.
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Ben Horne @benhorne.bsky.social · 28/04/2024
A photo from the mudflats in Death Valley. Photographed on Fuji Provia 100F 8x10 film with my Chamonix Alpinist X 8x10 camera, Fujinon A 240mm lens, 2 stop soft grad, and a 3 stop solid ND to make the exposure time easier to time with a stopwatch.
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Ben Horne @benhorne.bsky.social · 23/04/2024
A photo from my February visit to Death Valley. Taken on Fuji Provia 100F 8x10 film with a Chamonix Alpinist X camera with a Fujinon A 240mm lens and a 2 stop soft grad filter.
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Ben Horne @benhorne.bsky.social · 31/03/2024
This is my first photo from my February visit to Death Valley. Photographed on Fuji Provia 100F 8x10 film with my Fujinon A 240mm lens on a Chamonix Alpinist X 8x10 camera.
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Ben Horne @benhorne.bsky.social · 22/03/2024
Tomorrow morning on Patreon. 😉 www.patreon.com/benhorne
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Ben Horne @benhorne.bsky.social · 23/01/2024
A photo from my fall visit to Zion. Photographed on Fuji Provia 100f 8x10 film with my Chamonix Alpinist X camera with a Fujinon A 240mm lens.
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Ben Horne @benhorne.bsky.social · 22/01/2024
A photo from my fall 2023 visit to Zion. Photographed on Provia 100f 8x10 film with my Chamonix Alpinist X camera using a Fujinon A 240mm lens.
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Ben Horne @benhorne.bsky.social · 14/01/2024
I used a 3 stop ND filter to lengthen my exposure to 15 seconds, and intentionally exposed this sheet of 8x10 film during a gust of wind with hopes the windblown leaves would take on a flame-like appearance.
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Ben Horne @benhorne.bsky.social · 02/01/2024
This curtain of softly backlit maple branches reminded me of a stained glass window. Photographed on Fuji Provia 100f 8x10 film with my Chamonix Alpinist X 8x10 using a Fujinon C 450mm lens.
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