Water & Trees by Zihan Zhang

Photography June 21 2024

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Zihan Zhang explores the connection between nature and human emotion by photographing trees as symbols of life and emotional continuity.

From the Artist

“In the context of deconstruction, I have been photographing the trunks of trees. These trees under the camera, day and night, in the film and digital carrier, colored and grey, all show different poses for me to interpol1ate.

Staring at the trees, I understand that the trees are the carriers of water, water is a symbol of emotion, and life is continuously formed. I liked Cai Mingliang's movies because they always feel wet, moistured. He constantly stared at Li Kangsheng's body, seeing his body as a container, aging from young to old, and continuously endowed with emotion.

Trees standing still in the images started to feel like the characters walking in the movies, representing the passing of time. When the blood dripped from my hand, it formed a texture. I felt it for a moment, as did the trace of the water passing through the tree's body. I recorded these ordinary pictures of my life and kept taking them, occasionally glimpsing such beautiful scenes.”

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