‘Escapism’ — a photo series by Nora Benjamin

“Escapism” is a series I worked on from September through November of 2020. It follows the spontaneity of the daydreaming cycle: the entry into a daydream-scape and then the sudden, sporadic wave of anxiety (“How long has my mind been wandering?”) It also speaks to my personal experience of finding inner repose in nature, of losing myself in the surrounding landscape and day—dream. While this form of therapy has had its positive and negative impacts on me growing up, it is now closer to me than ever as I navigate my early twenties and my final year of college in the midst of a pandemic, a time where everyone needs some form of escapism.