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BENJAMIN
CO//LAB

Photographer  ·  Filmmaker  ·  Futurist

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I build visual worlds. From the peaks of the Sierra Nevada to brand campaigns that move culture — I translate raw experience into images and film that land differently.

8+ Years
50+ Brands
∞ Stories
What I do

Creative Services

01

Film & Video

Brand films, music videos, adventure documentaries, and corporate content. Story-driven production from concept through delivery.

Brand Films Music Videos Documentary
02

Photography

Adventure, lifestyle, and commercial photography. Images built to stop the scroll and carry a campaign.

Adventure Lifestyle Commercial
03

Brand Campaigns

Full creative direction for outdoor, lifestyle, and tech brands. Strategy, shoot, post — unified vision, end to end.

Creative Direction Campaigns Content Strategy
04

Extreme Expedition Films

From National Geographic Emmy-winning expeditions to E-foiling in Alaska's wildest surf — if it's remote, untamed, and dangerous, that's the frame. The world's most extreme adventure stories, told through film and photo.

Nat Geo Expedition Adventure
Portfolio

Selected Work

Salomon

Winter Campaign

Brand Film
FlyLow Gear

Backcountry Series

Photography
Deso Supply Co.

Summer Lookbook

Campaign
National Geographic

Sierra Nevada

Documentary
Kama x Deso

Lifestyle Campaign

Brand Campaign
Squaw Valley

Alpine Meadows

Landscape Photography
Trusted by

Brands I've Built With

Salomon
FlyLow Gear
Deso Supply Co.
YOGO
National Geographic
Vertical

Luxury Hospitality

World-class visual media for hotels, resorts, and hospitality brands. From cinematic property films to campaign photography — built to attract the guests that matter.

Property Films Campaign Photography Brand Identity Social Content
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Ben Arnst
About

Ben Arnst

Photographer · Filmmaker · Director · Producer

Emmy Award–winning cinematographer for National Geographic's Life Below Zero, with 100+ days filming in Alaska hunting and trapping with native Inuit and Iñupiaq communities. Ben began as a "physical architect," building the world's largest architectural composites and sculptural builds — most notably the iconic façade of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art — before evolving into a "digital architect" who builds tech-enabled real estate and brand storytelling systems.

In real estate, Ben's work sits at the intersection of marketing, partnerships, and trust: helping projects earn attention, credibility, and demand through world-class media, narrative strategy, and distribution — supporting capital formation and accelerating go-to-market.

Collaborations include

National Geographic · GeeJam Studios · BBC · Outside Magazine · The North Face · Eddie Bauer · Salomon · Flow Research Collective · Clif Bar · Squaw Valley | Alpine Meadows · Flylow Gear · Got Milk?

Ready to create

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something.

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