Ben Fink

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Ben Fink received his art education at the University of Memphis and Memphis College of Art. A freelance photographer since 1986, he has photographed for such publications as New York Magazine, Washingtonian Magazine, Food &Wine, Bon Appetit, Scientific American, Discovery Magazine, Random House and Artisan Books. He is a regular contributor to Saveur Magazine.

Awards for his work include Art Directors Club of New York, Addys 1998 and 2000, New York Festivals 1998 and Print Regional Design Annual. He received the coveted James Beard Award of Excellence in 2001 for Artisan Baking Across America. Currently he is working on a series of books for the Culinary Institute of America and has recently completed books for Don and Dierdre Imus, Lilly Pulitzer, Jacques Pepin and Rachael Ray.

He is a member of Who's Who in American Photography, Woodstock Center for Photography, Silver Eye Center for Photography, the International Center for Photography, Texas Photographic Society, Los Angeles Center for Digital Arts and Griffin Museum of Photography.

His personal work has appeared in numerous group exhibitions in Los Angeles, New York, Massachusetts and Memphis, Tennessee. He lives and works in New York.

Statement:

New Work

As diverse as my images are in location, they share a common bond with the landscape painters of the Hudson River School. Though much of my work is influenced by that idealistic period, I seek places to photograph that evoke a feeling of loneliness and frequently places that have seen change. Despite the darkness and mystery that many images hold, each has an element of light and hope.

Growing up in a family that was filled with irrational minds, I revisit much of my past in these images. They are memories that are often unpleasant and at times sad, memories of a time when I felt trapped in situations impossible to change. Everyone has experienced loss and has had difficult moments that they relive from time to time. It is my hope that my images tap into that part of the human psyche that invites thought and contemplation.