Artist presentation

HanShun Zhou

Born and raised in Singapore, Zhou HanShun is a Photographer, Artist, and Art Director.

After graduating from Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts Singapore and RMIT University, he made a living as an Art Director and continues pursuing his passion as a visual storyteller and photographer.

His photography explores humanity, culture, and spirituality in urban spaces and the natural environment. HanShun often photographs with intuition and creates work with a sense of spontaneity.

HanShun has exhibited at the 18th Arte Laguna Prize in Venice (2024), Revela'T Contemporary Analog Photography Festival (2020), LiShui Photography Festival (2019), Mt. Rokko International Photography Festival (2019), KG+ Kyotographie Satellite Event (2022 & 2018), Tumbas Cultural Center in Thessaloniki, Greece for Photoeidolo (2017), the Molekyl Gallery in Sweden, for the Malmo Fotobiennal (2017), the Gallery under Theater in Bratislava, Slovakia for The Month of Photography Bratislava(2017), the Czech China Contemporary Museum in Beijing for the SongZhuang International Photo Biennale(2017), the PhotoMetria "Parallel Voices" exhibition in Greece (2016), the Addis FotoFest in Ethiopia (2016), among others.

HanShun was the Winner of the Graciela Iturbide MA-g Awards, The Museum of Avant-garde (2024), Finalist at the 18th Arte Laguna Prize (2024), 3rd Prize at the Mt. Rokko International Photography Festival (2019), a Special Mention at the Balkan Photo Festival (2016), was Shortlisted for the Hariban Award (2019, 2018, and 2017), and was a finalist for Photolucida Critical Mass (2016), among others.

Artist statement

To say life moves fast in a city is an understatement. People go through life at an uncompromising, chaotic pace, overcoming and absorbing anything in their path. Time in the city seems to flow quicker, and memories in the city tend to fade away faster. Nothing seems to stand still in a city.

A UN report suggested that by 2050, the world's population would reach 10 billion, with three-quarters of humanity living in our already swelling cities.

This project examines the intense and chaotic environment of one of the most densely populated cities in the world, Hong Kong.

Created with multiple exposures on a single B&W negative, each photograph in this series is not of a singular moment in time, but a multitude of moments captured in a single frame.