Who we are.
Lucy & Ben are partners, photographers, filmmakers and writers, exploring the outlands of Europe and beyond. For the past decade they have lived and travelled in a (t)rusty old LDV Convoy camper van, following a way of life shaped by transience, creativity and challenge.
Journeying overland across the length and breadth of mainland Europe, Asia and beyond, the couple document their encounters with the people they meet and the wild landscapes they move through, offering a candid and unpolished insight into life on the road.
Guided by a slow travel ethos, Lucy & Ben immerse themselves in local culture, cuisine and hospitality, often drawn to remote places, frozen extremities, overlooked traditions and natural gathering points such as hot springs. Their work is rooted in the belief that meaningful stories emerge through curiosity, presence and journeys undertaken the hard way.
What we do.
Photographers.
Lucy & Ben are documentary photographers whose work centres on slow travel, cultural tradition and life in remote landscapes. Drawn together in 2013 through a shared love of photography while studying in their home county of Cornwall, they have spent the past decade collaborating on long-term documentary projects across Europe and beyond….
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Their photographic work goes beyond image-making, focusing on story-led documentation of religious ceremonies, unique cultural traditions and the lives of those dwelling on the margins— from hermits and highlanders to remote rural communities. This approach is most clearly seen in their ongoing Hermitage and Outlands projects.
Alongside this outward-looking work, they have also spent many seasons documenting their own nomadic lives in a radically raw and honest way through Transient, an autobiographical photographic project exploring intimacy, endurance and life on the road.
All photographic work can be viewed via L&B Journals.
Filmmakers.
As self-taught filmmakers, Lucy & Ben began creating cinematic travelogues in 2017, gradually developing a documentary-led approach grounded in research, place and lived experience. This led to them researching, presenting and co-filming four series of the ongoing documentary programme Europe Hidden Hot Spring Journey for Japanese state broadcaster NHK…
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in collaboration with T Media Lab. The series was broadcast to millions of viewers across NHK’s GTV and BSchannels, and internationally via Amazon Prime Video Japan.
Much of their filmmaking takes place in remote or rural environments, often involving self-contained travel and small, adaptable crews. This has led to an approach grounded in field research, logistical planning and low-impact production, enabling them to work independently across varied cultural and geographic contexts.
Alongside broadcast work, Lucy & Ben collaborate to create promotional content with selected brands and organisations, with a focus on authenticity, creative integrity and meaningful alignment through visual storytelling.
Presently the duo are working on their own series of expedition-based cultural and personal documentary films with a view to creating their first feature-length documentary in the coming years.
All personal work can be be viewed on YouTube.
Writers.
As a published writer, Lucy’s work accompanies and expands upon the couple’s visual work, weaving together travel narrative and factual observation through photo essays, longform features and personal storytelling. Her work explores van travel, endurance and the quiet in-between moments of a nomadic life, with an emphasis on honesty, emotional depth and lived experience…
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She writes regularly on her Substack stories from the road and the FRTR blog alongside commissioned experience-led features for print and online publications including Overland Journal, Culture of Bathing and Revelry Collection.
Lucy studied English Literature & Language at A-Level and received top grades for her university dissertation on Photography in Contemporary Culture. She previously worked as a content writer at Outbound Living, covering gear reviews and camper van news.
Where we’ve been.
Who we work with.
“Ben and Lucy’s quality of video production, editing and creativity blew us away. Plus, both were super easy to work with, making the collaboration with our client really smooth. We loved how fun and authentic their YouTube and Instagram Reel video content was, as it was perfect for our project. Thank you both!”
— Citypress
Life Framer - Home Sweet Home award: Shortlist
“Worthy of any travel publication looking for an authentic experience of life on the road.”
– LIFE FRAMER
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