Ben Stamper Pictures
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Ben Stamper is a picture maker. Ben's pictures come in all shapes and sizes. Some are big and moving and some are quiet and quite small. Some are made with pigment and oil while others are going really really fast (23.976 fps). Besides making pictures, Ben also makes sounds. He and his wife Vesper are musicians on the Sounds Familyre record label (aka Ben + Vesper). Anything sound related can be heard here:
benandvesper.com

Returning to the pictures, specifically moving ones, Ben works in Documentary, Narrative, Music Video, Sacred (weddings and the like) and Experimental (whatever that means).
Ben's first documentary "Sidecars" has been screened at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC as part of the Sprout Film Festival (2008). Sidecars has also appeared in several other festivals such as the Rhode Island International Film Festival, The New Jersey International Film Festival, the Black Bear Film Festival and the Pocono Film Festival where it won Best Documentary.
Last year Ben made his first trip to India where he directed a series of music videos for the band Aradhna that is now spreading fast and furious across the globe through independent distribution channels (word of mouth). The videos can be purchased here:
aradhnamusic.storenvy.com/products/43702-sau-guna-dvd

Quite recently, Ben returned to India through an organization called Freedom Firm to embark on making "Horse & Rider," a documentary about two girls rescued from the underage sex trade. (The trailer can be seen on this page!)
Simultaneously, Ben is raising funds for a documentary on the extraordinary artist Justin Canha. The title of this one is called
"Don't Be Interested." (The trailer can be seen on this page!)

Otherwise, Ben spends his time romping around the mythical industrial disaster that is the Meadowlands of New Jersey. Highlights of these wanderings can be seen on the Haiku Happy Hour channel of this page:
vimeo.com/channels/108310
Ben resides in Northern NJ with his super lovely wife Vesper and their two super beautiful children.