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Pacifica Ningyi Zhang

Pacifica Ningyi Zhang

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In this project, I explore maternal gaze through its internalisation in a trans body, and the power dynamics of seeing and being seen between a mother and child—who gets to reveal more of themselves—tracing from the primordial yet intense mother-child unity to adulthood, and the grief that follows.

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Art of Storytelling Contest

2025

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Conceptual/Abstract

Professional

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In this project, I explore maternal gaze through its internalisation in a trans body, and the power dynamics of seeing and being seen between a mother and child—who gets to reveal more of themselves—tracing from the primordial yet intense mother-child unity to adulthood, and the grief that follows.

About Artist

Pacifica Ningyi Zhang

Pacifica Ningyi Zhang is a London-based fine art photographer whose work explores power dynamics, intimacy, and the body as a site of experience and being. With a background in anthropology, she remains curious and attentive to the larger, more abstract questions fundamental to human experience, approaching them by engaging closely with people and positioning herself as both observer and participant. Her current practice investigates the subtleties of human experience—such as waiting, migrating, and existing in liminal spaces—through explorations of time, space, and embodiment. Zhang’s work centers the human beings, and seeks to illuminate the often invisible relationships that shape daily life, revealing how power, vulnerability, and connection are negotiated within personal and social contexts.

Pacifica Ningyi Zhang

Photographic Areas of Focus

Abstract, Fashion & Beauty, Film/Analog, People, Portrait

Location

United Kingdom

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