Ben Cooper is a freelance photographer currently based out of Daytona Beach, Florida. He is a recent graduate of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University with a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering.
His works include photographing rocket launches at Cape Canaveral & Kennedy Space Center for such prominent organizations as:
-Aviation Week & Space Technology magazine
-SpaceflightNow.com
-collectSPACE.com
Other clients of my launch and other photographic work include:
-Orbital Sciences Corporation
-Discover magazine
-Sky & Telescope magazine
-Astronomy magazine
-Weekly Reader magazine
-Astronomy Now magazine
and The Avion, the campus newspaper of Embry-Riddle of which he is the Space Technology section editor.
His work has also been featured in books such as Astronomy 365, available in bookstores now.
Popular Photograpy magazine profiled the photographer's work in their September 2006 issue.
National Geographic selected this photo as a Your Shot finalist in October 2007.
And in June, 2008, an image I shot of the STS-124 launch became the subject of a NASA inquiry into major damage sustained by one of the space shuttle's launch pads.
Ben Cooper has also been the featured guest on The Shutterbug Magazine Radio Show (click here for the audio file).
The photography of Ben Cooper has also been featured on the websites:
Astronomy Picture of the Day (a prominent NASA website)
Astronomy magazine online
SpaceWeather.com
Space.com
As well as on America Online's photo of the week, twice, and more.
If you see a photo you like on this website and are interested in it, or for general questions, feel free to contact the photographer at the address below.
Thank you for viewing the website.
Ben Cooper
Launch Photography
LaunchPhotography@gmail.com
