✨ Focus On — Zhang JingXiang ✨
Discover the quiet resonance of memory and time through the lens of Zhang (@surou1998 ), a photographer born in Henan, China and currently based in Tokyo.
Blending image and text, Zhang reflects on transformation, identity, and the fragile traces of life as they fade and reappear. His work drifts between presence and absence, where dust, silence, and light become echoes of what once was.
Influenced by both Chinese and Japanese philosophies, his photographs invite stillness and introspection, capturing the beauty of impermanence and the passage of time. 🌫️
Explore the full feature on our website and experience “A Certain Scene, A Certain Silence” through his contemplative gaze.
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Last early summer, I stayed for a few days in the mountains of Jiangxi, China.
As memory softens with time, these rough yet gentle negatives still bring back the cool rain in the wind, the dampness of riverside soil, the warmth of evening light on my skin.
Everything feels almost like a dream.
我有一个习惯，胶片洗出来后，往往会隔很长一段时间才会仔细翻看这些照片。当时间把记忆的细节磨得逐渐平滑，一张张粗糙又温润的底片便会悄悄触及某些潜藏的感官: 风中裹挟着小雨的清凉、河边泥土的潮气、黄昏斜阳洒落在手臂的温热，种种如此，总是有如梦一般的质地。
于是一场夏天的雨忽然落在我的窗前，香樟树丛在风中像海浪一样波动，我想起了一年前的初夏，在赣南的山里住的几天。翻找出当时拍的几卷胶片，一边看一边回忆，好似草丛的雨珠又打湿了我的裤脚，手边开满白色的百合花，湿润的风中是阵阵清香…
去赣南的旅行是种种机缘巧合。去年四月，末姐发来工作邀约，希望我去到她在赣州山中的院子朵儿庄园住几天，记录和创作一些关于她和她的家乡的作品。我性格相对慢热，很少与新的朋友长时间相处，但犹豫再三，还是决定前往。当我辗转几个城市，终于坐在了末姐的车里，从市区一路开进了深山，密集的雨水击打着车窗，绿色的森林似乎快要淹没窄窄的山路，我与这个明明刚见面新朋友却如同多年相识，没有丝毫戒备与陌生。不记得我们具体聊了些什么，但记得车子路过一座山顶，末姐停下车，指着远处山脚下一片雾中的湖水，告诉我那里就是她的故乡，我在心里感慨，还好来了。
其实这次的拍摄也并不是如我预期是一次商业性质的拍摄，朵儿庄园因为近年来种种琐事而荒废许久，山坡上的树屋落满枯枝，湖边的书房布满青苔。末姐看我困惑，告诉我不用考虑拍照的事情，先在这里平静地生活几日，像以往一样，被触动时再按下快门，并不想拍”宣传片“。陪她在经历了前几年的迷茫后回到故乡，重新开始在朵儿庄园的生活。
在山里的几天，时晴时雨，我的房间推开门就是宁静的湖水，岸边总徘徊着一行低着头的牛，还有成群四处游走的白鹅。家里的两只狗绕开院子的篱笆跑去田里，墙角的百合花在一个雨后的清晨连开了四朵。我们上山采摘回漂亮的叶子和果实，她忽然取下手上的银镯摆在中央，说这是奶奶留给她的镯子，恰好一只蜜蜂悠悠地落在了百合花瓣上。我们每天去村子逛，饭点就去邻居家吃点饭菜。路过村里的祠堂，发现旧牌坊被拆除扔在河边。踩着泥泞的土地，走到那一堆木头旁，她抚摸着朱红的断木仔细看着，我走到不远处，静静按下快门。
有天傍晚下过了雨，晚霞是浓郁的紫红。站在山谷间开阔的平原，望着日落的方向，我忽然想唱起那句歌: 世界赠与我虫鸣，也赠与我雷霆。
世界赠与我的，有喜悦，有迷茫，有失落，愿我们总有真诚与勇气。
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In January, I photographed the Spring Summer 2026 issue for TOAST, following a day with Hisao Nakahigashi, chef of Sojiki Nakahigashi in Kyoto.
We left early for Ohara, in the northern mountains. Pulled daikon and green onions from the field, found wild onions in the grass, picked rapeseed blossoms just opening. Late January still felt like deep winter—colder in the mountains, with light snow drifting in and out. We stopped for a quick latte by the road, then went further in to forage for matsutake and clubmoss.
Nakahigashi moves quickly, lightly. In and out of cedar forest, disappearing into thick patches of green to gather fern shoots. By the time we headed back, the car was full.
At his restaurant near Ginkaku-ji, he cooked with what we had just picked.
I remember tasting it slowly. Soft, slightly bitter, full of small layers—plants, flowers, something almost like the air of the mountains still inside it. Like he writes: bringing nature to the table, staying in rhythm with it. Realising we come from it.
This season’s theme is “A Shared Table.”
“This season, we consider the art of a good meal and the traditions and daily rituals that help ground and connect us. We celebrate the joy of slowing down and spending time together, and of careful preparation using fresh ingredients served on tableware collected over time.
We explore the spaces in which to enjoy these moments and the sensory pleasures of colour, texture and flavour. Above all, we cherish meaningful conversation over a shared table.”
📚 The booklet will be available in TOAST stores across the UK and the US, free to take.
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![Focus On — Zhang JingXiang Discover the quiet resonance of memory and time through the lens of Zhang (@surou1998), a photographer born in Henan, China and currently based in Tokyo.
Blending image and text, Zhang reflects on transformation, identity, and the fragile traces of life as they fade and reappear. His work drifts between presence and absence, where dust, silence, and light become echoes of what once was.
Influenced by both Chinese and Japanese philosophies, his photographs invite stillness and introspection, capturing the beauty of impermanence and the passage of time. ️Explore the full feature on our website and experience “A Certain Scene, A Certain Silence” through his contemplative gaze.
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