Zhang Jingna Explained

Zhang Jingna
Birth Date:1988 5, df=yes
Birth Place:Beijing, People's Republic of China
Nationality:Singapore
Style:Photography
Education:LASALLE College of the Arts (dropped out)

Zhang Jingna (; born 4 May 1988 in Beijing) is a China-born Singaporean photographer widely known as "zemotion." Her works have appeared on multiple editions of Vogue, Elle and Harper's Bazaar.[1] She was named on the Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia list 2018.[2] Zhang founded the art platform Cara in 2023.

Biography

Early life

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

Air rifle

At the age of fourteen, Zhang enrolled in Raffles Girls' School, where she began training in air rifle. She broke her first national record after nine months and subsequently joined the national team. She was active in the team for six years.

Zhang's notable achievements within the sport include breaking a record in the 10m Air Rifle event at the Commonwealth Shooting Championships 2005 in Melbourne, and a bronze in the same event at the Commonwealth Games in 2006.[3] She was awarded Sports Girl of the Year 2006 by the Singapore National Olympic Council for her performances.[4]

Art school and photography

Zhang declined the option to go on to junior college for A Levels and pursued a degree in fashion design at LASALLE College of the Arts.[5] She picked up photography there as a hobby when she was eighteen.[6] Probably due to her keen interest and achievements with the medium, she left Lasalle and the national team to pursue photography full-time in 2008.

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

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

In late 2010, Zhang announced her second gallery exhibition, "Angel Dreams". The show was held at Japan Creative Centre in Singapore with the support of Embassy of Japan.[10] The event was noted for her photographs of Japanese musician Sugizo (Luna Sea, X Japan).

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

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

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

Collaborations, other interests

Zhang photographed Sugizo multiple times in 2009 and 2010.[14] She also shot his band Luna Sea's 20th Anniversary World Tour Reboot concert at the Tokyo Dome in 2010. Her photographs of Sugizo from the collaborations and concerts are collected in his book Ongaku ni ai sareta otoko: Sono haran no hansei, the cover features an image from their first collaboration in Japan.

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

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

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

Career

In 2021, Zhang announced that she decided to quit fashion photography, citing racism within the Western market.[18] In posts uploaded to Facebook and Instagram, Zhang stated that her experiences with racism and xenophobia had 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 the cover photos for a profile for The Hollywood Reporter.[20]

Intellectual property infringement of Zhang's work in Luxembourg

In May 2022, Zhang was alerted by Luxembourgish fans about possible copyright infringement of her work.The student and oil painter Jeff Dieschburg had used one of her photos as reference for the left panel of his diptych painting "Turandot". Strassen Biennial of Contemporary Art art competition in Luxembourg rewarded him with a prize 1500€ for his contribution of several works, among them Turandot, up for sale for 6500€ in June 2022.[21] [22] Zhang accused Dieschburg via social media of plagiarism and her posts went viral. News outlets noted the "obvious similarities" while Dieschburg justified the use of his work, claiming it as "inspiration" and being part of a larger work.[23] As response to the accusations and to counteract the massive hate and death threats that he received, Dieschburg refused the prize money and removed the diptych from the exhibition. [24] [25] One month later, Zhang took Dieschburg to court and on October 14 2022, she lost in the „Chambre des référés“. [26] She then took the case to the „Chambres Civiles“ and on December 7 2022, the court ruled again in favour of Dieschburg. [27] In February 2024, Zhang traveled to Luxembourg to attend the appeal after loss in the first instance. In May 2024 the Luxembourg district court rendered its verdict: Zhang's intellectual property rights were recognized, and the left panel of Dieschburg's work Turandot was condemned as plagiarism. .[28] [29]

On January 2, 2023, Zhang opened Cara, an art platform designed to prevent AI-scraping, to public testing. The site quickly rose in popularity around June 2024, growing from around 40,000 users to 650,000 in a single week, as artists migrated to avoid having their art trained on without proper procedures for compensation.[30]

Awards

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

Group exhibitions

Books

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Jingna Zhang - Photographer. MODELS.com. 2018-04-08.
  2. Web site: 30 Under 30 Asia 2018: The Arts. Forbes. 2018-04-08.
  3. Web site: Melbourne 2006 . Singapore National Olympic Council . 13 August 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150519040728/http://www.singaporeolympics.com/games/commonwealth-games/melbourne-2006/ . 19 May 2015 . dead .
  4. Web site: Sportsgirl of the Year. Singapore National Olympic Council. https://web.archive.org/web/20120704065839/http://www.singaporeolympics.com/sportsgirl_of_the_year2.php. July 4, 2012.
  5. Web site: [//www.youth.sg/content/view/5916/51/ To give up fame and glory for a dream ]. Youth.SG . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100228230613/http://www.youth.sg/content/view/5916/51/ . 28 February 2010 . 12 August 2019 .
  6. Web site: Zhang Jingna on Fashion Photography and deviantART . Out of Order Magazine .
  7. Web site: Intuos4_Beauty. April 2009 . Wacom.
  8. Web site: Something Beautiful, a photography exhibition by Zhang Jingna . The Arts House .
  9. Web site: Fashion Season @ Orchard 2010 – A Whole New Fashion Experience . Singapore Press Holdings .
  10. Web site: Embassy of Japan in Singapore. www.sg.emb-japan.go.jp.
  11. Web site: A Glimpse at Photo Vogue . Vogue.it.
  12. Web site: Jingna . Zhang . 19 August 2009 . Melancholy as an Aesthetic Emotion . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170331023427/http://designtaxi.com/article.php?article_id=100660 . 31 March 2017 . DesignTAXI .
  13. Web site: Ashcraft . Brian . 28 November 2013 . Where Fashion Meets Japanese Fantasy and StarCraft II . Kotaku .
  14. 月下の神託. Fool's Mate. October 2010. 348. 64–71.
  15. Web site: 11 August 2011 . Anchor Beer picks Rain as brand Ambassador . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304192233/http://www.asiancemagazine.com/news/2011/08/11/anchor-beer-picks-rain-as-brand-ambassador . 4 March 2016 . Asiance Magazine .
  16. Web site: Alodia Gosiengfiao. 23 July 2014 . Yahoo! Philippines.
  17. Web site: Untitled Amano Girl – Alodia Gosingfiao. zhangjingna.com.
  18. Web site: 2021-12-06 . Photographer Quits Fashion, Cites Racism in the Western Market . 2022-05-04 . PetaPixel . en.
  19. Web site: @alexbakerimages . 2021-12-09 . Racism in Western fashion prompts photographer to quit . 2022-05-04 . DIY Photography . en-us.
  20. Web site: 2022-04-07 . Legendary Michelle Yeoh has set the standard for 2022 with Everything Everywhere All At Once and Intro for April 7, 2022 . 2022-06-04 . www.laineygossip.com.
  21. Web site: Jeff Dieschburg vs. Jingna Zhang – eine Chronologie . 9 June 2022 .
  22. Web site: 2022-06-02 . Jury mum in Luxembourg art plagiarism scandal . 2022-06-04 . Luxembourg Times . en.
  23. Web site: 3 June 2022 . "The audacity and utter disrespect" of Dieschburg: Jingna Zhang's work appropriated and plagiarised in Luxembourg Art Show . 2022-06-04 . RTL . en.
  24. https://www.wort.lu/kultur/nach-urteil-im-plagiatsstreit-zhang-dieschburg-reagiert-die-gemeinde-strassen/12713511.html?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR3gEJ-4_D14HEEnJm88xt-PMebrqjoD6N7nhpqrNoC9PSLV-90WOhfIEDw_aem_2xPDk5u9SY2yrLTFDminKQ
  25. https://guykaiser.lu/ass-de-jeff-dieschburg-senges-liewens-net-mei-secher-himmelschreiend-sauerei-seet-de-gaston-vogel/
  26. https://opus.radio/program/episode/415193/20221014220000-20221014221000?pd=opus
  27. https://delano.lu/article/jeff-dieschburg-case-plagiaris
  28. Web site: 2024-05-09 . US artist wins appeal in Luxembourg plagiarism row . 2024-05-08 . luxembourg-times-online . en.
  29. Web site: 2024-05-09 . Jeff Dieschburg verliert Plagiatsstreit gegen Jingna Zhang . 2024-05-08 . luxemburger-wort-online . de.
  30. News: Hunter . Tatum . 2024-06-06 . Artists are fleeing Instagram to keep their work out of Meta’s AI . 2024-06-06 . Washington Post . en-US . 0190-8286.
  31. Web site: British Professional Photography Awards 2008. Master Photographers Association. 13 August 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141129085546/http://www.thempa.com/bppa2008/overseas.php. 29 November 2014. dead.
  32. Web site: 2009 IPA Winner's Gallery . Lucie Foundation . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131017055746/http://www.photoawards.com/en/Pages/Gallery/winner.php . 17 October 2013 .
  33. Web site: Elle Recognizes "Showbiz Best" . Channel NewsAsia . 17 November 2011 . 13 August 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140813200025/http://news.xin.msn.com/en/singapore/article.aspx?cp-documentid=5548298 . 13 August 2014 . dead .
  34. Web site: International Photography Awards 2012 Honorable Mentions. Lucie Foundation. 13 August 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20151002073213/http://photoawards.com/en/Pages/Gallery/hmention2012PRO.php. 2 October 2015. dead.
  35. Web site: [FRAMED] Award Winners]. [F] Network. 13 August 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140716033445/http://www.framedawards.com/WINNERS. 16 July 2014. dead.
  36. Web site: Mobius Awards 2013. Mobius Awards. 13 August 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140813215603/http://mobiusawards.com/prPage.asp. 13 August 2014. dead.
  37. Web site: 7th JMCA AWARDEES. Gala Awards Gallery. es-ES. 2017-06-26.
  38. Web site: PX3 - Winners. px3.fr. 2017-06-26.
  39. Web site: Angel Dreams – A Photography Exhibition by Zhang Jingna . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100812094432/http://dreams.zhangjingna.com/ . 12 August 2010 .
  40. Web site: Pure - Jingna Zhang. UpOnWalls. sv-SE. 2018-04-08.

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