Zhong Lin is a Malaysian Chinese photographer whose works are categorised by strong, seductive and surprising visuals. Her images – which have been featured in Vogue, Elle, Harper’s Bazaar and Marie Claire – expand the definitions of fashion and beauty portraiture. They play with materiality and physicality in innovative ways. Lin paints Kusama-like dots on the body and fills bathtubs with milky water. She balances a glass precariously on the forehead and wraps faces with dried-out leaves. Elsewhere, delicate orchid petals sit on top of eyelids, tendrils hanging downwards like flames. Ink squiggles across the skin like brushstrokes. Throughout the months of lockdown, Lin embarked on a new project, posting an image every day on Instagram without fail. The resulting feed is ablaze with rich blues, striking reds and pale greens. Log on for daily inspiration; these images redefine glamour, style and artistry.
Lead Image: Photographer: Zhong Lin (@zhonglin_) Photography Assistant: Yuanling Wang (@bigwang13) Make up: Shin (@shintsaimakeup). Hair: Dennis Fei (@dennisfei_official) Models Bo Hsuan Lee (@6bl_lb) and Lucia (@luciaaaaa66).
1: Photographer: Zhong Lin (@zhonglin_) Photography Assistant: Yuanling Wang (@bigwang13) Make up: Fiona Li (@fio_na_li) Model: Lucia (@luciaaaaa66).
2: Photographer: Zhong Lin (@zhonglin_) Photography Assistant: Yuanling Wang (@ bigwang13) Make up: Sunny Hsu (@sunnyhsu734) Model: Asano Sakaki (@asanosakaki).
3: Photographer: Zhong Lin (@zhonglin_) Photography Assistant: Yuanling Wang (@bigwang13) Sherry Liu (@sherry860706) Make up: Sunny Hsu (@sunnyhsu734) Hair: Odye Wang (@odyeweng) Stylist: Mark Jen Hsu (@markjenhsu) Model: Bo Hsuan Lee (@6bl_lb).
4: Photographer: Zhong Lin (@zhonglin_) Photography Assistant: Yuanling Wang (@bigwang13).
5: Photographer: Zhong Lin (@zhonglin_) Photography Assistant: Yuanling Wang (@bigwang13).
6: Photographer: Zhong Lin (@zhonglin_) Photography Assistant: Yuanling Wang (@bigwang13).
7: Photographer: Zhong Lin (@zhonglin_) Photography Assistant: Yuanling Wang (@bigwang13) Make up: Shin Tsai (@shintsaimakeup) Hair: Dennis Fei (@dennisfei_official) Model: Bo Hsuan Lee (@6bl_lb).
8: Photographer: Zhong Lin (@zhonglin_) Photography Assistant: Yuanling Wang (@bigwang13) Make up: Fiona Li (@fio_na_li) Model: Chen Shin (@ooxx_shin).
