The emptiness in Ben Zank’s photographs is hilarious, if you don’t dwell on it too much. If you do, you might find yourself overcome by the solitude, taken aback by their nihilism: a figure leisurely reposes, perhaps after a long day of work. It all appears normal, except he lacks his head. The nonchalance seemingly asks, “Is this it in life?” Such dark humor, surrealism, and minimalism characterize Ben Zank’s work. Born in Brooklyn in 1991, Zank studied journalism in college. In an ironic turn of events, Zank had trouble expressing himself through words, and discovered photography as a more natural medium. His first interaction with a camera occurred when he unearthed a Pentax ME Super in his grandmother’s attic, but soon turned to digital photography and Photoshop.