With a beautifully unique interpretation on fashion photography, young photographer Zhang Jingna - also known as Zemotion - has reached great popularity with her intriguing portraiture and fashion pieces. After only picking up a camera at the age of 20, Zhang Jingna has already formed a distinctive style to her works of art, and is now highly renowned for them at the mere age of 23.
Her photos consist of rather ethereal themes, often touching in on cinematographic styles. She draws inspiration from her subconscious and dreams - which is rather obvious in her work once you take note of this, as her photographs often have a trancelike, dreamy quality. It is notable that most of her works - although very dreamlike - take on a somewhat bleak, expressionless appearance. There is never a great deal of colour in her photography, giving exception to selections of colour in some photographs, which add a bolder contrast against other duller colours. The expressions her models put on are also rather drab, giving a sense of austerity.
After reading a very heartfelt and explanatory blog of hers, which explained a lot of pain she went through as an adolescent that she found herself re-experiencing emotionally, I found that I saw a lot of this in her works. It seems to me that the outcome of her images may connect to her past; perhaps that’s just my interpretation of it, yet I think it is most likely the case. Zhang Jingna is a great inspiration to me, her works of art are incredibly emotive - which is something I am most fond of in photography (that, and outstanding use of colour/texture) - and I find myself being continuously astonished by them. In addition, her establishing such a style of photography and a fan base for it in such a short period of time is too, very inspiring.
Below are some of my favourite photos of hers.
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