Ben Zank (b. 1991) was born and raised in New York City where he is currently based. Ben began photography at the age of eighteen when he discovered a Pentax ME Super in his grandmother's attic. His work is often a spontaneous reaction to his immediate environment and is used as a catalyst for expressing emotions when words fail.
Exhibitions
October 2019, Untitled Solo Show: Recent Work, Alter Gallery, Shanghai
March 2017, Unbalanced Weightlessness - Hongdae, Seoul
February 2014, When Words Fail, Littlefield Performance+Art Space, Brooklyn, NY
October 2018, Routinized Absurdity, Centre for Contemporary Art, Berlin
October 2016, SUR LE FIL, Opiom Gallery, France
January 2014, Broadway Gallery, New York, NY
March 2014, We Are Dust, Catalonia, New York, NY
February 2014, When Words Fail, Littlefield Performance+Art Space, Brooklyn, NY
Online & Publications
2020 The Harvard Crimson - Portrait of an Artist: Benjamin R. Zank
2019 Designboom - Ben Zank composes surrealist portraits that explore human connection with nature
2019 Colossal - Bizarre Details Enliven Seemingly Simple Moments in Photographs by Ben Zank
2017 Colossal - The Playfully Surreal Photography of Ben Zank
2017 Get Inspired Magazine, Issue 33 Print/digital
2017 Professional Photographer Magazine, Subtracting the Human Face
2016 Harvard Business Review (Image usage)
2016 D-Photo Magazine, When Words Fail, Print
2016 Vaga Magazine, Ben Zank Captures Minimalist and Surreal Scenarios
2016 Metal Magazine, A Surreal Visual Experience
2016 Feature Shoot, Choreographed Visions of Faceless Figures in Suits, Digital
2016 Trendland, Surreal Scenarios by Ben Zank
2015 Ignant, Surreal Portraits Exploring Isolation By Ben Zank
2015 Maintenant Issue 9, "355", Print
2014 Apparel Magazine, October Issue, Print
2014 We The Urban, Issue 8, Print
2014 Maintenant Issue 8, "Split", Print
2014 Viral Nova, Ben Zank Gallery of Remarkable Photography, 2014 Digital
2013 My Modern Metropolis, Surreal Portraits of a Powerless and Lost Young Man
2013 Wetheurban, Powerful Surreal Self-Portraits by Ben Zank
2013 Ignant, Self-portraits by Ben Zank
2013 PetaPixel
2013 The Phoblographer
2013 Juxtapoz Magazine
2013 Phlearn Interviews Ben Zank
2013 My Modern Metropolis
2013 Trendhunter
2013 Kulturerologia Magazine
2013 Hypenotice Magazine
2013 The Submission, Print
Clients
Veilance/Arc’teryx
Hermes
Ader Error
Ted Baker
Huawei
Zalando
Tumblr
Ignant
Opel