‘Nude photography is a delicate field. The borderline between aesthetics and eroticism is very sharp here, and requires very great discretion on the part of the photographer. Ben Hansen has endeavoured to bring the human body into harmony with nature, like organic elements that belong together.”

Johan Swinnen, Professor of Contemporary Art History at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, ‘De Paradox van de Fotografie’ (The Paradox of Photography, published by Hadewijch/Cantecleer, Antwerp, 1992

‘Hansen’s photographic work is not an extension of his mental world, but rather of his emotional experience. According to Ben, the relationship between model and natural landscape is very important. He wants to incorporate the body (or it would be better to say physicality) into nature.’