Jiayi Zhao’s portraits impress with their universal intensity. The focus is not on a specific individual, but rather on a human condition such as birth or old age. The image “Zukunft (Future)” shows us people at the beginning of their lives; little is yet predefined. The baby comes from the dark into the light. The contours are still blurred, but the expression is already clearly recognizable. Movement and the flow of time determine the work. It’s the same with age, only in reverse: the contours begin to dissolve…
