PORTFOLIO
EDITION 02
AW 24/25
This was only my second shoot for record label Decca and my first with the great Austrian musician, Alfred Brendel. After a more formal studio-style portrait session in his home, we decided to go for a walk around the neighbourhood.
As we chatted, I snapped away quickly. Walking ahead, I turned to notice that Mr Brendel had disappeared. Suddenly, his head popped around a corner - and I realised that this was a great shot in the making. I asked the maestro to recreate it, but this time wearing the black beret he had with him. Switching to my rather cumbersome medium format camera I captured this shot. Twenty years on, it remains one of my very favourites.
Benjamin Ealovega, September 2024
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IN FOCUS
Alfred Brendel, London 2005
PORTRAITS
"I have a way to photograph. You work with space, you have a camera, you have a frame, and then a fraction of a second. It's very instinctive.” Sebastiao Salgado
Maxim Vengerov, Wigmore Hall 2012
Mitsuko Uchida & Mark Steinberg, London 2004
Anthony Minghella, English National Opera 2006
Angela & Jennifer Chun, Hampstead Heath 2006
GROUP SHOTS
Burntwood Chamber Choir, London 2018
Ayanna Witter-Johnson & the LSO Percussion Ensemble, London 2023
King's Singers, London 2012
Below: Ulster Orchestra, Belfast 2016
REPORTAGE
"You don't have to pose your camera. The pictures are there, and you just take them.” Robert Capa
→ HERBIE HANCOCK, LANG LANG & LSO BTS
→ THE LORD OF THE RINGS SCORING SESSION BTS
→ GALLERY
Herbie Hancock & Lang Lang, Abbey Road Studio 1 2012
Till Fellner, London 2006
Yuja Wang, Hamburg 2013
Jane Bradley & Emiliana Torrini,
Abbey Road Studio 2 2003
CD COVERS
One key area of my work is to take photographs for CD covers. Here are just a few…
FILM
“Ben’s photographer’s eye, and quest for
beauty and freshness in every shot, provides a really creative and unorthodox approach to filmmaking, which gives One31Studio a strong and distinctive style.”
Richard Wilson, Director and Co-founder, One31Studio
Since 2011 Ben has collaborated with filmmaker, Richard Wilson, and together they founded One31Studio - a boutique film production company, catering to musicians and the wider arts world.
about
Benjamin Ealovega is a London-based photographer. His career began in New York in 2000 where he worked for photographer David Waitz until late the following year. Returning to London, he soon became established working as a photographer for a wide range of clients mainly in the classical music and film soundtrack worlds.
In 2011 filmmaker Richard Wilson and Ben founded One31Studio - a boutique film production company making intimate, authentic and creatively led films for musicians, artists and educators.
Ben continues to develop his craft working both as a photographer and cinematographer with old and new clients in London and further afield.
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