Ben Cleeton

Photographer / Visual Storyteller

www.bencleeton.com

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Location: syracuse, ny

Nationality: american

Biography: Ben Cleeton is a Syracuse documentary photographer and filmmaker who holds a degree in photojournalism from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications (2015). He was born in Syracuse and lived in Geneseo, NY, where his mother, a professor... MORE

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Updated Feb 2022

This project captures the sacred and everyday lives of people from “The Town”—a nickname for Syracuse, New York created by its Black residents. The Town represents large, vibrant pockets of community that are often unseen and marginalized by dominant society. This collection of stories, an ongoing documentary film and still image archive, pays tribute to the people and places creating and embodying its existence.

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The Town

The Town (022023)

The Town (Alexia grant 02.2023)

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The Town (Alexia Grant 2022)

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The Town (10.21.20)

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