Ben Tankersley (he/him) earned his BFA in Photography from the Corcoran School of Art in 1999. He is a fine art and commercial/editorial photographer whose work explores places, spaces and the people who inhabit them. While forging plans to begin a lucrative career in the photography art world, he worked as a photo assistant and fell in love with the challenges and excitement of commercial and editorial photography. Whether working on assignment or for a personal project, he strives to approach his subjects with empathy and produce images that translate his experiences to the viewer.