Benjamin Von Wong
Benjamin Von Wong is a Canadian artist and photographer who turns environmental issues into large-scale installations and visual stories.
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Overview
- From
- Toronto, Canada
- Background
- Mining engineer turned photographer and environmental artist
- Early following
- Known for ambitious fire photography and behind-the-scenes storytelling
- Materials
- Plastic waste, electronic waste and other reclaimed objects
Known for
Mini bio
How it started
Benjamin studied hard-rock mining engineering at McGill and worked in the field before a breakup led him to buy a camera to photograph stars. He fell in love with photography, left his day job and became a commercial photographer.
Finding a purpose
His imaginative fire photography and behind-the-scenes work helped him build an early online following. Around 2015 or 2016, he began focusing on social and environmental issues, eventually moving toward the large installations he creates with collaborators and communities.
Art that starts conversations
His projects range from a mermaid photographed among 10,000 borrowed plastic bottles to towering sculptures placed near international environmental negotiations. He often uses familiar images to make abstract problems easier to see.
Creditschronological, newest first
- 2025The Thinker's BurdenArtist, with SLS Illusions
- 2024Biodiversity JengaArtist and collaborator
- 2024Hand of EverestArtist, with Dipak Lama and Sagarmatha Next
- 2019StrawpocalypseArtist and organizer, with Zero Waste Saigon
- 2016Mermaids Hate PlasticPhotographer and project creator
Awards
Quotes
I believe that art has the power to open up conversation pathways to people who might not be otherwise interested.Benjamin Von Wong, Caribbean Climate-Smart Accelerator
On art's role in activism
Trivia
- A breakup prompted Benjamin to buy his first camera for photographing stars.
- Volunteers helped clean, remove labels from and uncap 10,000 borrowed bottles for Mermaids Hate Plastic.
- Strawpocalypse used 168,037 reclaimed straws and was built with Zero Waste Saigon and volunteers.
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