Portrait
Series02 Scope8 Cities · CN & US Years2023–2026 Medium6 Sittings · 35 Frames

Portrait · 人像

Faces that linger, moments that stay.

Every portrait is a collaboration between the seen and the felt — light sculpting features, stillness revealing character.

每一幅人像都是可见与可感之间的协作—— 光线雕刻轮廓,静默显露性格。

Against the light — figure at a misty lake at dawn, Shanghai, 2024

Sitting No. 01 · 第一辑

Figures dissolved in backlight.

Four studies of light as the sculptor — dawn mist on a lake, brass rays behind a silhouette, golden grass at dusk, a gown running into the night.

四帧关于光的习作——晨雾湖面、铜窗剪影、暮色金草,与夜色里的礼服。

Frames04 PlaceShanghai · Guiyang Years2023–2024
Silhouette before a brass sunburst window, Guiyang, 2024
FR. 02 — Guiyang, 2024
Golden-hour grass on a rooftop, Shanghai, 2023
FR. 03 — Shanghai, 2023

Light is the first collaborator.光,是第一位合作者。

Midnight-blue gown running into the night street, Shanghai, 2023
FR. 04 — Shanghai, 2023
Daisy crown and an old book in painter's light, Shanghai, 2023

Sitting No. 02 · 第二辑

Old books, slow light, pressed flowers.

A chamber study in painter's light — a daisy crown, a butterfly asleep in the curls, petals underfoot at the hem.

画室光线下的室内叙事——雏菊花冠、蝶栖发间、花瓣落在裙摆脚边。

Frames04 PlaceShanghai Years2023–2024
Behind white hydrangeas, spring in the park, Shanghai, 2024
FR. 02 — Shanghai, 2024
Dress hems and heels over fallen blossom petals, Shanghai, 2024
FR. 03 — Shanghai, 2024
A butterfly and white roses in curled hair, reading an old book, Shanghai, 2023
FR. 04 — Shanghai, 2023
Seated in a window frame before a bamboo forest, Hangzhou, 2024

Sitting No. 03 · 第三辑

The garden lends its frames.

Moon gate, stone steps, a bamboo window — the classical garden offers its own framing, 借景 in the oldest sense.

月洞门、石阶与竹窗——园林把自己的画框,借给了人像。

Frames07 PlaceHangzhou · Shaoxing · Nanjing Years2024–2026
A round fan inside a moon gate, classical garden, Shaoxing, 2024
FR. 02 — Shaoxing, 2024
Leaning from a timber window with a silk fan, Shaoxing, 2024
FR. 03 — Shaoxing, 2024
A white dress on mossy stone steps under maples, Hangzhou, 2024
FR. 04 — Hangzhou, 2024

Borrowed scenery — the garden’s oldest way of framing.借景——园林最古老的取景术。

A silk fan by the old-town canal, Shaoxing, 2024
FR. 05 — Shaoxing, 2024
Descending the long stairs beneath the pavilion, Hangzhou, 2024
FR. 06 — Hangzhou, 2024
A green qipao in the corridor shade, classical garden, Nanjing, 2026
FR. 07 — Nanjing, 2026
A pink cardigan under spring crabapple blossoms, Shanghai, 2024

Sitting No. 04 · 第四辑

Ordinary days, generous light.

Reading rooms, riverside wind, crabapple spring, a café pause — Shanghai in its daily tense.

图书馆的午后、江边的风、海棠的春天、咖啡店门口的片刻——上海的日常时态。

Frames08 PlaceShanghai Years2023–2025
Reading in the sun at a library desk, Shanghai, 2024
FR. 02 — Shanghai, 2024
A drink at the café door, Shanghai, 2025
FR. 03 — Shanghai, 2025
By the library window with a blue clothbound book, Shanghai, 2023
FR. 04 — Shanghai, 2023
Among the riverside grasses at dusk, Shanghai, 2024
FR. 05 — Shanghai, 2024
A cabin window onto the pink muhly meadow, Shanghai, 2024
FR. 06 — Shanghai, 2024
A warm drink among the campus flower stalls, Shanghai, 2023
FR. 07 — Shanghai, 2023
Arms spread to the river wind, skyline beyond, Shanghai, 2024
FR. 08 — Shanghai, 2024
Leaning on the High Line railing above the traffic, New York, 2025

Sitting No. 05 · 第五辑

The city keeps walking.

Two frames from a summer above the High Line — a bouquet, a phone, the traffic far below.

高线公园之上的夏天——一束花、一部手机,和楼下远远的车流。

Frames07 PlaceNew York Years2025

New York keeps walking; you learn when to look up.纽约不停步——你学会在哪一刻抬头。

A bouquet and a phone by the park fence, New York, 2025
FR. 02 — New York, 2025
Under the Vessel at Hudson Yards, New York, 2025
FR. 03 — New York, 2025
Two on the High Line above the avenue, New York, 2025
FR. 04 — New York, 2025
Night at the Brooklyn waterfront, lit skyline behind, New York, 2025
FR. 05 — New York, 2025
A pink cap on the bridge tower, harbor beyond, New York, 2025
FR. 06 — New York, 2025
A selfie on the Brooklyn Bridge under a midsummer sky, New York, 2025
FR. 07 — New York, 2025
Red against the harbour skyline, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong, 2025

Sitting No. 06 · 第六辑

The south keeps its own warmth.

Banyan shade in Guangzhou, then across the water — the Star Ferry, a red jumper, the winter light of Victoria Harbour.

广州的榕荫与老街,渡海之后——天星小轮、红衣,和维港冬日的光。

Frames05 PlaceGuangzhou · Hong Kong Years2024–2025
A green dress under the banyan trees, Guangzhou, 2024
FR. 02 — Guangzhou, 2024
A quiet corner of the old quarter, Guangzhou, 2024
FR. 03 — Guangzhou, 2024
Sunset beneath the park pier, Guangzhou, 2024
FR. 04 — Guangzhou, 2024
Crossing the harbour on the Star Ferry, Hong Kong, 2025
FR. 05 — Hong Kong, 2025