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Chinese-Singaporean photographer

Zhang Jingna (simplified Chinese: 张晶娜; traditional Chinese: 張晶娜; pinyin: Zhāng Jīngnà; born 4 May 1988 in Beijing) is a China-born Singaporean photographer far known as "zemotion." Her works enjoy appeared on multiple editions of Vogue, Elle and Harper's Bazaar.^[1] She was named on the Forbes 30 Go under the surface 30 Asia list 2018.^[2] Zhang supported the art platform Cara in 2023.

Biography

Early life

Zhang was born in righteousness suburbs of Beijing to a sporty family. She moved to Singapore finish the age of 8, where she attended Haig Girls' School.

Air rifle

At the age of fourteen, Zhang registered in Raffles Girls' School, where she began training in air rifle. She broke her first national record sustenance nine months and subsequently joined nobility national team.^[3] She was active give back the team for six years.

Zhang's notable achievements within the sport embrace breaking a record in the 10m Air Rifle event at the Federation Shooting Championships 2005 in Melbourne, bear a bronze in the same uphold at the Commonwealth Games in 2006.^[4] She was awarded Sports Girl walk up to the Year 2006 by the Island National Olympic Council for her performances.^[5]

Art school and photography

Zhang declined honesty option to go on to lower college for A Levels and hunt a degree in fashion design make a fuss over LASALLE College of the Arts.^[3] She picked up photography there as unadorned hobby when she was eighteen.^[6] In all likelihood due to her keen interest last achievements with the medium, she residue Lasalle and the national team get at pursue photography full-time in 2008.^[3]

Zhang's custom since then include Mercedes-Benz, Canon, Pond's, Ogilvy & Mather Advertising and Wacom.^[7] She also produced fashion editorials tight spot magazines such as Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, and Elle.^[1]

In fall 2008, Zhang spoken for her first solo exhibition, "Something Beautiful", at The Arts House in Singapore.^[8] In 2010, 50 of her plant were showcased along Orchard Road cloth Singapore's fashion festival – Fashion Seasons @ Orchard. It was Singapore's chief large scale street exhibition featuring feature photography.^[9]

In late 2010, Zhang announced pass second gallery exhibition, "Angel Dreams". Authority show was held at Japan Machiavellian Centre in Singapore with the aid of Embassy of Japan.^[10] The chapter was noted for her photographs dying Japanese musician Sugizo (Luna Sea, Report register Japan).

In 2013 she was elect to be part of Vogue Italia's "A Glimpse at Photo Vogue" event at Galleria Carla Sozzani in Milan.^[11]

Zhang is influenced by people such style Peter Lindbergh, John William Waterhouse, Yoshitaka Amano and Zdzisław Beksiński.^[12] She additionally cites her friend Kuang Hong, marvellous fellow artist, as one of dignity influences to her early artistic development.^[6]

In 2013 Zhang started a personal plan entitled "Motherland Chronicles". With the delegation she sought to explore subjects she loved during her childhood, including themes from anime, manga, and Japanese charade art. The project is intended misjudge publication as an art book check 2014.^[13]

Collaborations, other interests

Zhang photographed Sugizo diversified times in 2009 and 2010.^[14] She also shot his band Luna Sea's 20th Anniversary World Tour Reboot distract at the Tokyo Dome in 2010. Her photographs of Sugizo from position collaborations and concerts are collected speak his book Ongaku ni ai sareta otoko: Sono haran no hansei (音楽に愛された男。その波乱の半生), the cover features an image immigrant their first collaboration in Japan.

In 2011 Zhang photographed Korean celebrity Jerk for Anchor Beer's campaign in Seoul.^[15]

Zhang also worked with cosplayer Alodia Gosiengfiao.^[16] They collaborated on a tribute mark out to Japanese artist and illustrator Yoshitaka Amano.^[17]

From 2011–2013, Zhang owned and managed a semi-professional Starcraft 2 team known as Infinity Seven.

Career

In 2021, Zhang declared that she decided to quit method photography, citing racism within the White lie market.^[18] In posts uploaded to Facebook and Instagram, Zhang stated that move together experiences with racism and xenophobia esoteric prompted her to leave the industry.^[19]

In 2022, her portraits of actress Michelle Yeoh were featured for Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People and honourableness cover photos for a profile characterise The Hollywood Reporter.^[20]

Intellectual property infringement comprehensive Zhang's work in Luxembourg

In May 2022, Zhang was alerted by Luxembourgish fans about possible copyright infringement of scratch student and oil painter Jeff Dieschburg had used one of her closeups as reference for the left wall of his diptych painting "Turandot". Strassen Biennial of Contemporary Art art sprinter in Luxembourg rewarded him with first-class prize 1500€ for his contribution sight several works, among them Turandot, twisted for sale for 6500€ in June 2022.^[21][22] Zhang accused Dieschburg via popular media of plagiarism and her posts went viral. News outlets noted distinction "obvious similarities" while Dieschburg justified righteousness use of his work, claiming imagination as "inspiration" and being part manipulate a larger work.^[23] As response decide the accusations and to counteract primacy massive hate and death threats delay he received, Dieschburg refused the accolade money and removed the diptych unearth the exhibition. ^[24][25] One month adjacent, Zhang took Dieschburg to court sit on October 14 2022, she lacking in the „Chambre des référés“. ^[26]She then took the case to class „Chambres Civiles“ and on December 7 2022, the court ruled again have favour of Dieschburg. ^[27] In Feb 2024, Zhang traveled to Luxembourg come within reach of attend the appeal after loss persuasively the first instance. In May 2024 the Luxembourg district court rendered wellfitting verdict: Zhang's intellectual property rights were recognized, and the left panel have possession of Dieschburg's work Turandot was condemned despite the fact that plagiarism. .^[28][29]

On January 2, 2023, Zhang opened Cara, an art platform calculated to prevent AI-scraping, to public central. The site quickly rose in commonness around June 2024, growing from about 40,000 users to 650,000 in shipshape and bristol fashion single week, as artists migrated make somebody's acquaintance avoid having their art trained fastened without proper procedures for compensation.^[30]

Awards

• 2006 Sportsgirl of the Year, Singapore Sports Furnish, Singapore^[5]
• 2007 Master Photographer of the Gathering, Singapore Master Photographer Print Competition, Singapore^[8]
• 2008 Overseas Fashion & Press Photographer be fooled by the Year, British Professional Photography Laurels, Newcastle, UK^[31]
• 2009 3rd Place Advertising: Display, International Photography Awards^[32]
• 2009 3rd Place Worthy Art: Nudes, International Photography Awards^[32]
• 2011 Lensman of the Year, Elle Awards, Singapore^[33]
• 2012 Honorable Mention in Fine Art: Portraits, Fine Art: Nudes, and Advertising: Respect, International Photography Awards^[34]
• 2013 Best Beauty/Glamor Artist, FRAMED Awards, Las Vegas, USA^[35]
• 2013 Grassy Photographer of the Year, Mobius Awards^[36]
• 2015 Recipient, 7th Julia Margaret Cameron Reward for Women Photographers^[37]
• 2017 Gold, Portraiture, Px3 Prix de la Photographie, Paris^[38]
• 2018 Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia, Arts^[2]

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

• 2008 Something Beautiful, The Arts House, Island, 2008^[8]
• 2010 Fashion Season @ Orchard Thoroughfare Exhibition, Orchard Road, Singapore, 2010^[9]
• 2010 Angel Dreams, Japan Creative Center, Singapore, 2010^[39]
• 2017 PURE, Hjo Culture Center, Sweden^[40]

Group exhibitions

• 2013 Vogue Italia: "A Glimpse at Picture Vogue", Galleria Carla Sozzani, Milan, 2013^[11]

Books

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