Ukiyo-e: Flower and Women

• Prize
  Bronze in Advertising/Fashion
• Photographer
  Xinxin Zhang, United States
• Date of Photograph
  2019-2020
• Socials
• Website
  http://xinxinzphotography.com/

"Ukiyo-e: Flower and Women" is a series that celebrates women in the eyes of women. It takes inspirations from Japanese wood-cut prints, the Ukiyo-e, meaning "Pictures of the Floating World"--often featuring naturalistic, mystic and erotic elements. The images are floating between realistic photographs and transcendental paintings: the realistic are the physical objects and subjects presented in detail; the transcendental is the time, emotion created beyond all of these. The artist wishes to transform the physical space as an emotional space, to depict desire, beauty, and inner selves.

• Biography
  Xinxin Zhang is an emerging art and fashion photographer. A recent NYU grad, Zhang creates fashion portraits with cinematic approaches. A freelance photographer who believes in speaking about the power of emotions in nuanced and designed sets of narratives, she has produced and shot art and fashion editorials for dozens of domestic and international publications such as C-head Magazine, Solstice Magazine, AINT-BAD Magazine, etc. She has shown her prints and works in art fairs and shows including Red Dot at Art Basel Miami, the Other Art Fair with Saatchi Art, and etc.
• Awards
  In 2019 I graduated from New York University with a Master of Art degree. Currently I shoot personal projects and agency assignments, in which I independently complete the process from researching, making mood board, shooting, editing, concept writing and retouching. My individual works focus on cinematic images that combine portrait art and methods of cinematography. I have a photographer profile on Vogue Italia, and my works have appeared on the PhotoVogue platform numerous times. Besides that, I have also produced and shot art and fashion editorials for dozens of domestic and international publications such as C-heads Magazine, Solstice Magazine, AINTBAD Magazine, and Aesthetica Magazine, to name a few. I am based in New York, where my first solo show was held at NYU this September. In December 2019, I brought my works to show at the Red Dot Art during Miami Art Basel. I have been working for D/T/E Studio and produced editorials and product photos since October 2019.