As a millennial, young photographer Zhang Chulin is a positive artist. Road trips are her daily routine, surfing, skiing, mountaineering, racing are many of her hobbies. She passed the medical licence exam to join the rescue team and travels to remote areas to teach. Jewellery design is her professional focus. Traveller, outdoor sports enthusiast, racing driver, rescue team member, teacher, jewellery designer, each of these enviable identities is commonplace in her eyes.
Recently, she has won a number of international awards for her outstanding photography and has made a name for herself in the photography industry.
Her first solo photo exhibition was open in Nanjing on Sep. 3rd, 2023.
Inspirational Creation Based on Association in Thinking
“Inspirational Creation Based on Association in Thinking” is a principle of painting proposed by Gu Kaizhi, a founder of traditional Chinese painting from the Dong Jin Dynasty. This concept means that a painter should be good at association in thinking in artistic conception and creation. He should give full rein to his imagination and combine and reconstruct a variety of source images and materials to create a great painting in both image and spirit. When applied to photography, the photographer Zhang Chulin reconstructs her thoughts and emotions in the image of her work, resulting in the aesthetically beautiful work created with originality and creativity. Hence the name of the exhibition, “Inspirational Creation Based on Association in Thinking”.
The exhibition includes seven portrait photographs. Unlike documentary photography, Zhang Chulin’s work is based on her own life experiences. Each photo is inspired by life, shot in the studio and finished in post-production. Each image is carefully designed by her and her team and has an oriental aesthetic.
