NYC—PORTLAND
BENSON WINK is a creative director and cultural programmer.
He is currently an ACD at AnomalyHe helped make 6 films for a candy bar.
He helped create a 30-minute performance film starring Grammy-nominated artist Raveena Aurora and Emmy-nominated chef Sophia Roe.
He released a book celebrating queer expression and planetary health with writer Mimi Zhu.
He creative-produced a 5-day, 15-person artist residency at Takigahara Farm in Ishikawa, Japan.
He helped facilitate a collaboration between an Indigenous fisherman and Gucci Equilibrium in Tofino, Canada.
He concepted, produced, and photographed nine food pop-ups spotlighting Brooklyn’s urban farms with cook Pierce Abernathy.
And he served as Creative Director for a video game built for the premiere of HBO’s Winning Time.
Journal:
Photography
Takigahara, Japan (Cult Magazine, 2024)
Press:
Flaunt
Vogue
Document Journal
Office Magazine
Bon Appétit
Office Magazine
Mimi Zhu
—Book Launch Event, Film, & CelebrationBE NOT AFRAID OF LOVE
2023
- For the launch of Mimi Zhu’s book, Be Not Afraid Of Love, we
- spotlighted their story of love, fear, expression, and planetary health
- through film, experience, and a live reading.
- Role: Creative Strategy, Photography, Fabrication (table)
Photography: by Enmi Yang (Mimi), Mary Kang (Baby’s Event), and I (Pond)
Credits: Tin Mai, Alex Lianopoulos, Edmond Hong, Pierce Abernathy, Mimi Zhu, Joe Daleo, Nick Woytuk, Liz Mydlowski, Rex Nwerem.