From the beginning of 18 years, I gradually began to be in a state of "no emotion", my memory continued to decline, and my language expression continued to decline. Some time ago, the epidemic situation improved, I went to Nanjing, these photos were taken on the last day of leaving Nanjing, using the unskilled mamiyac330. Suddenly using this big, clunky guy, it was really awkward, took some effort, took a roll of Foma 400, and then took some digital shots to end this shooting.
Chinesischer Fotograf, aktiv in Chengdu, Shanghai
I spent more than two years creating the "empty" project. Most of the photos used the body and the environment as the creative carrier, showing the connection between the individual, the environment and me, and the instability caused by the two stable "elements" Fusion.
I have a strange disease, "narcolepsy", one of its characteristics is that when the disease occurs, it can produce irresistible drowsiness, and often cannot distinguish dreams and reality in a short time. This project was affected by this absurd illness, the nature of dreams, and the incomplete memory of self-expression. When trying to be empty, some uncontrollable factors added to maintain or change the original memory. Most of my works deliberately weakened the original identity of the individual, "hidden" their faces, and connected with an external clue, each of them seems to have a spiritual dialogue with the dream.
If you can, forget what I said, it is meaningless to you, please feel it in a comfortable way.
Zhang Yining