BEN ZANK WAS BORN IN THE BRONX IN NEW YORK. AT THE AGE OF 18 HE BEGAN TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS FOR FUN AFTER HE DISCOVERED A PENTAX ME SUPER IN HIS GRANDMOTHER’S ATTIC. HIS SELF-PORTRAITS AIM TO STRETCH THE VIEWER’S IMAGINATION AND EXPRESS HIS FEELINGS WHEN WORDS FAIL. HE SAYS: ‘I DIDN’T GO TO SCHOOL FOR PHOTOGRAPHY. INSTEAD I MAJORED IN JOURNALISM. AS A JOURNALIST IN SCHOOL, YOU FIND THAT YOUR OWN WORDS END UP BEING SILENCED AND IN PLACE ARE AN OBJECTIVE AND ALMOST ROBOTIC NARRATIVE THAT IS CONSTANTLY REGURGITATED. CONSEQUENTIALLY, I FOUND MYSELF BAD AT EXPRESSING MY EMOTIONS THROUGH WORDS. I WAS GOOD AT THE RANT, BUT ANY REAL MEANING ABOUT MYSELF WAS LOCKED DEEP INSIDE. MY PHOTOGRAPHS ARE A WAY FOR ME TO ABSTRACTLY SPEAK MY OPINION AND BRING MY EMOTIONS INTO LIGHT.’
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