In the beginning, she was free. ◼️ 「Shedding」New mini series with KOM_I of 水曜日のカンパネラ 🥀 Worked on this concept for a few months, the longest for a single photoshoot and the first time I actively tried to plan out something of a narrative. Not sure if these things ever feel like that in the end images. But somehow glad to have done it. ❤️ Photography: Jingna Zhang Model: KOM_I Makeup: UDA Hair: Koichi Nishimura Producers: Kenji Nagasawa, Iwata Flowers: Seigo Kusunoki Production Assistant: uki.m Photo Assistants: Hiroki Kato, Nora Holley Art Direction & Set Design: Jingna Zhang 🌟 Follow me~ ~ http://instagram.com/zemotion ~ http://twitter.com/zemotion My Patreon ~ http://zemt.io/n-patreon My class ~ http://zemt.io/n-learn © Jingna Zhang http://zhangjingna.com/

Vogue Portugal Photo: Jingna Zhang Stylist: Renata Gar Model: Yumi Lambert @ IMG Hair: Taichi Saito @ Streeters Makeup: Chiao-Li @ Streeters Nails: Nori @ ArtList Prop Designer: Espen Gjertzen Oydvin Photo Assistants: Ngoc Vu, Tobias Kwan Hair Assistant: Toshifumi Kakiuchi Editor: Catarina Parkinson 🌟 Follow me~ ~ http://instagram.com/zemotion ~ http://twitter.com/zemotion ~ My class: http://zemt.io/n-learn ~ Patreon: http://zemt.io/n-patreon © Jingna Zhang http://zhangjingna.com/

Vogue Portugal Photo: Jingna Zhang Stylist: Renata Gar Model: Yumi Lambert @ IMG Hair: Taichi Saito @ Streeters Makeup: Chiao-Li @ Streeters Nails: Nori @ ArtList Prop Designer: Espen Gjertzen Oydvin Photo Assistants: Ngoc Vu, Tobias Kwan Hair Assistant: Toshifumi Kakiuchi Editor: Catarina Parkinson 🌟 Follow me~ ~ http://instagram.com/zemotion ~ http://twitter.com/zemotion ~ My class: http://zemt.io/n-learn ~ Patreon: http://zemt.io/n-patreon © Jingna Zhang http://zhangjingna.com/

Vogue Portugal Photo: Jingna Zhang Stylist: Renata Gar Model: Yumi Lambert @ IMG Hair: Taichi Saito @ Streeters Makeup: Chiao-Li @ Streeters Nails: Nori @ ArtList Prop Designer: Espen Gjertzen Oydvin Photo Assistants: Ngoc Vu, Tobias Kwan Hair Assistant: Toshifumi Kakiuchi Editor: Catarina Parkinson 🌟 Follow me~ ~ http://instagram.com/zemotion ~ http://twitter.com/zemotion ~ My class: http://zemt.io/n-learn ~ Patreon: http://zemt.io/n-patreon © Jingna Zhang http://zhangjingna.com/

If I do a tribute series inspired by anime and manga, what titles would you like to see? ✨ This piece was inspired Blade of the Immortal by Hiroaki Samura ❤️ Photography: Jingna Zhang Fashion/Stylist: Phuong My Model: Heejung Park @ Muse Hair: Yoichi Tomizawa Makeup: Tatyana Harkoff Photo Assistants: Tobias Kwan, Michele Doying 🌟 Follow me~ ~ http://instagram.com/zemotion ~ http://twitter.com/zemotion ~ My class: http://zemt.io/n-learn ~ Patreon: http://zemt.io/n-patreon © Jingna Zhang http://zhangjingna.com/

New work for VOGUE JAPAN Hair Book 2018 cover story 💚✨ Photography: Jingna Zhang Stylist: Kanako Higashi Model: Kiko Arai in Valentino Hair: Tomo Tamura Makeup: Sada Ito Beauty Editor: Yu Soga 🌟 Follow me~ ~ http://instagram.com/zemotion ~ http://twitter.com/zemotion My class ~ http://zemt.io/n-learn Patreon ~ http://zemt.io/n-patreon © Jingna Zhang http://zhangjingna.com/

Gundam nerd at Forbes Asia #under30summit ✨ What an amazing time in Hong Kong! Met some super cool and awesome people this trip and got to try some amazing food too 😍 Also got keys to my new Tokyo apartment! So excited to spend more time in Asia this year. ✨ Just got back to NYC now so it’s retouching backlog time, even tho I just want to sleep for 2 weeks nonstop 😂🙈

Time passes by, and as the chains of past fade away, I breathe again. ◼️ 「Shedding」New mini series with KOM_I of 水曜日のカンパネラ 🥀 Full images in DARK EROS book, out now in Japan! ✨ Been a bit quieter cuz I’ve been moving/getting new apartment in Tokyo. Still in NYC but need a permanent place in Japan too. Will update a bit more soon! ❤️ Thank you team for having me and letting me run with my ideas. Photography: Jingna Zhang Model: KOM_I Makeup: UDA Hair: Koichi Nishimura Effects Makeup: 羽根亨 Producers: Kenji Nagasawa, Iwata Production Assistant: uki.m Photo Assistants: Hiroki Kato, Nora Holley Art Direction & Set Design: Jingna Zhang 🌟 Follow me~ ~ http://instagram.com/zemotion ~ http://twitter.com/zemotion My Patreon ~ http://zemt.io/n-patreon My class ~ http://zemt.io/n-learn © Jingna Zhang http://zhangjingna.com/

New series with the magical KOM_I of 水曜日のカンパネラ 🌺✨ Happy to have worked on this collab for DARK EROS project together! A slight whiff of Amano influence in this one. More to come soon ❤️ Photography: Jingna Zhang Model: KOM_I Makeup: UDA Hair: Koichi Nishimura Stylist: Tsugumi Watari Flowers: Seigo Kusunoki Producers: Kenji Nagasawa, Iwata Production Assistant: uki.m Photo Assistants: Hiroki Kato, Nora Holley Art Direction & Set Design: Jingna Zhang 🌟 Follow me~ ~ http://instagram.com/zemotion ~ http://twitter.com/zemotion My Patreon ~ http://zemt.io/n-patreon My class ~ http://zemt.io/n-learn © Jingna Zhang http://zhangjingna.com/

New work for VOGUE JAPAN July issue 💛 Cover for Hair Book 2018 feat. Kiko Arai ✨ Thank you for having me Vogue Japan 💖 Can’t wait to pick up my copy when I'm back in Tokyo this Friday! 😍 Photography: Jingna Zhang Stylist: Kanako Higashi Model: Kiko Arai Hair: Tomo Tamura Makeup: Sada Ito Beauty Editor: Yu Soga 🌟 Follow me~ ~ http://instagram.com/zemotion ~ http://twitter.com/zemotion My class ~ http://zemt.io/n-learn Patreon ~ http://zemt.io/n-patreon © Jingna Zhang http://zhangjingna.com/

Motherland Chronicles II Week 3 - Hanfu portrait with Alodia Gosiengfiao ❤️ Emo post incoming: so I fell and hit the back of my head on the ground yesterday. No blood and fractures this time and I even managed to finish this week’s Motherland piece somehow. Triggered me emotionally though. It’s weird how we can be so affected when we’re decades away from certain memories, yet they can still hurt and make us so angry. Depression sucks. I realized I’m not strong. Not as strong as I wanted to be or as strong as I thought I was. And I hate that I tried, or tried to appear to be for so long. When no one visited me in the hospital at 7 I thought the loneliness was absolute and normal. When I went for air rifle training after watching my friend’s cremation I thought it was my duty as a pro. At 15, I didn’t know I needed time after a funeral. I hate that no one told me that I could take the time off. I hate that I didn’t care for myself more. Screw being strong. The brave face you put on so others don’t need to feel bad and pity you, so they can praise you a little cuz it’s the right thing to be, fuck that. You be whatever you can be so you can go on. Because life does, and it’s not an anime. You’ll never be the genius kid who fights and wins against adults, who gets the justice you deserve and serves it to those who hurt you. You can fight and you will lose. You’ll get beaten and broken to pieces. You don’t know the rules adults go by, and there will be no magical saviors. But you can claw out of it with your own two hands. You can walk away. Sever your entire life and walked away. Sometimes that’s all we can do. Take what you can and keep living, because life goes on. You don’t have to be strong. It’s enough to just keep trying, to have the will to go on. So love yourself a little and never give up. You are enough. Photography: Jingna Zhang Model: Alodia Gosiengfiao Hair: Linh Nguyen Makeup: Tatyana Harkoff 🌟 Follow me~ ~ http://instagram.com/zemotion ~ http://twitter.com/zemotion My class ~ http://zemt.io/n-learn Patreon ~ http://zemt.io/n-patreon © Jingna Zhang http://zhangjingna.com/

Wrapping up a few things and then back to Tokyo soon ❤️ Photography: Zhang Jingna Model: Alli Cripe Hair/Makeup: Lindsey Rivera 🌟 Follow me~ ~ http://instagram.com/zemotion ~ http://twitter.com/zemotion My class ~ http://zemt.io/n-learn Patreon ~ http://zemt.io/n-patreon © Jingna Zhang http://zhangjingna.com/

Kimono portrait with Alodia Gosiengfiao! ❤️👘 So happy we got to meet up in NYC again. Thanks for coming out to play~ 😍 Motherland Chronicles II Week 2 Bought this kimono in Japan a while back when I started researching for new series. Took quite few liberties with the styling and makeup this time to see how it will go. Will try to be more transformative or properly traditional next time! 💖 Photo/Styling: Jingna Zhang Model: Alodia Gosiengfiao Hair: Linh Nguyen Makeup: Tatyana Harkoff Photo Assistant: Tobias Kwan 🌟 Follow me~ ~ http://instagram.com/zemotion ~ http://twitter.com/zemotion My class: ~ http://zemt.io/n-learn © Jingna Zhang http://zhangjingna.com/

VOGUE JAPAN x Clé de Peau Beauté with Kozue Akimoto ✨ Congrats on your wedding Kozue! Wishing you happiness always~ 💖💍🎉 Photographer: Jingna Zhang Stylist: Aya Fukushima at OTUA Model: Kozue Akimoto Makeup: Kumiko Kurogi at Shiseido Hair: Yoshiyuki Takahashi at Shiseido Nails: Akiko Hata at uka Photo Assistants: Tobias Kwan, Hiroki Kato, Yusuke Imahashi, Shoichiro Kato Beauty Editors: Midori Kurihara, Kyoko Muramatsu 🌟 Follow me~ ~ http://instagram.com/zemotion ~ http://twitter.com/zemotion My class: ~ http://zemt.io/n-learn © Jingna Zhang http://zhangjingna.com/

Still one of my favs ❤️ Harper's Bazaar VN cover with Sunghee Kim ✨ Photography: Jingna Zhang Stylist: Phuong My Model: Sunghee Kim @ Women in Salvatore Ferragamo Hair: Yoichi Tomizawa @ Art Department Makeup: Tatyana Harkoff Set Design: Phuong My & Jingna Zhang Flowers: Eriko Nagata Photo Assistants: Tobias Kwan, Ngoc Vu 🌟 Follow me~ ~ http://instagram.com/zemotion ~ http://twitter.com/zemotion My class: ~ http://zemt.io/n-learn © Jingna Zhang http://zhangjingna.com/

It’s my birthday today! Can’t believe I’ve turned 30 now 😂 It seems like not that long ago when I first picked up photography, but it’s actually been exactly 12 years now! When I look back I think I’ve managed to have quite an amazing time, something that I never imagined could be possible when I quit air rifle after doing it for 6 years. But hey, if every career is 6-12 years, we can fit quite a few into our lives ya? Nothing is the end. Don’t be afraid to try new things. Fail hard, quit, and try some more. You know I dropped out of school twice, quit my SC2 team and startup, quit and came back to photography so many times, and somehow, I’m still hanging in there, or turned out fine as some would say. 😂 Never stop and never give up on yourself! Keep trying keep failing and then try again. So long as you do things passionately, determinedly and seriously, it’s worth it. It’s always worth it. I hope I can keep going, too. Thank you for another year on my photography journey! 💖✨ Photo: Jingna Zhang Makeup: Tatyana Harkoff Assist: Phuong My, Tobias Kwan 🌟 Follow me 🌟 ~ http://instagram.com/zemotion ~ http://twitter.com/zemotion My class: http://zemt.io/n-learn © Jingna Zhang http://zhangjingna.com/

Midnight sakura with KOM_I from 水曜日のカンパネラ! 🌸✨🌜 The cherry blossoms fell too quickly this year. We arrived in Yamanashi in the middle of the night, found the only blooming sakura tree within miles, stood by the roadside and tried to shoot as quickly as possible. The taxi meter ticked along and the driver didn’t want to work past midnight. It was already past midnight. I tried to do a few shots within a few minutes, I can usually do that. But the flash attachments kept falling off cuz I was underprepared and a 'flash virgin' as Kom_I put it. 😂 Still managed to get one photo, though. The cherry blossoms were beautiful at night. That was our haphazard but fun casual shooting in the middle of the night, in the middle of nowhere. ありがとう~ @kom_i_jp for being so chill and awesome, Profoto for letting me try out the A1, and Tobias Kwan as usual for being the best help. More pics to come in the next chapter after roadside sakura! ✨ And OH I totally forgot. This marks the return of Motherland Chronicles!!! That book is so on indefinite hiatus because I couldn't look at those old pieces anymore. So we’ll be starting a new series under the title! This time based around Asia! We'll be experimenting and having fun along the way, posting new work weekly. Hope you guys will enjoy 💖😄✨ Better res: https://zhangjingna.com/motherland-chronicles/ Photography: Jingna Zhang Model: KOM_I (Wednesday Campanella) Photo Assistant: Tobias Kwan 🌟 Follow me 🌟 ~ http://instagram.com/zemotion ~ http://twitter.com/zemotion My class: http://zemt.io/n-learn © Jingna Zhang http://zhangjingna.com/ #コムアイ　#motherlandchronicles