{"id":1942,"date":"2024-11-25T15:45:53","date_gmt":"2024-11-25T16:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goeggit.com\/?p=1942"},"modified":"2024-11-29T21:44:41","modified_gmt":"2024-11-29T21:44:41","slug":"my-brain-took-an-extended-vacation-ben-zank-playfully-twists-the-banal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/goeggit.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/25\/my-brain-took-an-extended-vacation-ben-zank-playfully-twists-the-banal\/","title":{"rendered":"My Brain Took an Extended Vacation: Ben Zank Playfully Twists the Banal"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When words can’t quite sum up a feeling, Ben Zank<\/a> (previously<\/a>) leans into a bizarre visual language. The New York-based photographer creates strange situations in which subjects find themselves subsumed by topiaries and shrubs or buttoned up with structural supports. <\/p>\n

Captured in non-discernable locations, Zank’s images turn the banal into the surreal, while his witty titles\u2014”Failed Columnist” and “Cloudy with a Chance of Despair”\u2014amplify his penchant for humor.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, Zank published a monograph titled Nothing to See Here<\/a><\/em>, which is available from Aliens in Residence. You can find more of his work on Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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“Hot Local Landscapers Near You”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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“Failed Columnist”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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“Anxiety Takes a Holiday”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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“Half a Man”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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“Cloudy with a Chance of Despair”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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When words can’t quite sum up a feeling, Ben Zank (previously) leans into a bizarre visual language. The New York-based photographer creates strange situations in which subjects find themselves subsumed by topiaries and shrubs or buttoned up with structural supports. Captured in non-discernable locations, Zank’s images turn the banal into the surreal, while his witty […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1944,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/goeggit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1942"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/goeggit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/goeggit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/goeggit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/goeggit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1942"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/goeggit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1942\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1951,"href":"http:\/\/goeggit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1942\/revisions\/1951"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/goeggit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/goeggit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/goeggit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/goeggit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}