A series of photographs that include cinematic elements, including lighting, format, composition, and creative methods.
The Cinematic
“My photos are portraiture that include cinematic elements, including lighting, format, composition, and creative methods. I use Tungsten continuous lights with light ratios carefully designed to reinforce the image’s narrative, and strong chiaroscuro. They are narrative images that are collaboration between the models and the photographer to tell inspirational stories about emotions such as nostalgia, sentimentality, and sexuality. I made the portraits with a respect toward humans’ natural imperfections and
melodramatic tendencies, as well as a nod to aesthetics and classical arts.”—Xinxin Zhang
The Cinematic appeared in The Gallatin Arts Festival, 2019.