WSJ China April 2021 : Xiao Wen Ju by Leslie Zhang

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Photographer: Leslie Zhang
Creative Director & Stylist: Coke HO
Hair: Bon Fan Zhang
Makeup: Yooyo Keong Ming
Producer: Oolong
Set Designer: Zhang Tong, Chai Shujie, Beiyuan


WSJ China Digital Edition

 

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WSJ China Digital Edition

 

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WSJ China Digital Edition

 

[balmain1914]

this is good!

 

[MON]

Leslie Zhang for Vogue China, WSJ China, and Wallpaper China with a similar looking concept?

They were short-changed (unless there's a sponsorship I don't know of)

 

[kokobombon]

imo China´s editions of "western" mags are on fire lately

 

[YohjiAddict]

^Yes, totally. It looks like the photographers actually care!

I have been watching the films of Wong Kar-wai and it's obvious to me that their level of photography is almost imposible to achieve, the In The Mood For Love shots may be nice enough but the Fallen Angels one look like a parody, particularly because no man compares to Takeshi Kaneshiro. The Chungking Express ones should also have been cut.

The still photographer for Wong Kar-wai did a fashion shoot a long time ago and you could tell that was the real deal from a mile away.

The edit is crazy uneven but I'm crazy about the last four shots, very intimate. Xiao Wen Ju has become the official face of chinese fashion and, considering her recent work, I couldn't be happier.

 

[reesewu]

That Wong Kar-Wai-inspired editorial had me yelling “YASSS!!!”

Especially since I’m now waiting for my “World of Wong Kar Wai” boxset from Criterion to arrive.

 

[Hafyiez wafa]

^Yes, totally. It looks like the photographers actually care!

I have been watching the films of Wong Kar-wai and it's obvious to me that their level of photography is almost imposible to achieve, the In The Mood For Love shots may be nice enough but the Fallen Angels one look like a parody, particularly because no man compares to Takeshi Kaneshiro. The Chungking Express ones should also have been cut.

The still photographer for Wong Kar-wai did a fashion shoot a long time ago and you could tell that was the real deal from a mile away.

The edit is crazy uneven but I'm crazy about the last four shots, very intimate. Xiao Wen Ju has become the official face of chinese fashion and, considering her recent work, I couldn't be happier.

Yess even their Cosmopolitan & Marie Claire Cover is better than Vogue... Chinese Fashion publication is another level

 

[0st3nd]

^Yes, totally. It looks like the photographers actually care!

I have been watching the films of Wong Kar-wai and it's obvious to me that their level of photography is almost imposible to achieve, the In The Mood For Love shots may be nice enough but the Fallen Angels one look like a parody, particularly because no man compares to Takeshi Kaneshiro. The Chungking Express ones should also have been cut.

The still photographer for Wong Kar-wai did a fashion shoot a long time ago and you could tell that was the real deal from a mile away.

The edit is crazy uneven but I'm crazy about the last four shots, very intimate. Xiao Wen Ju has become the official face of chinese fashion and, considering her recent work, I couldn't be happier.

Were you talking about Wing Shya? He's been doing photoshoots for Chinese glossies every now and then, but everything was even close to those he did for Wong imho

 

[oaklee91]

Wong Kar-wai + Christopher Doyle. I have always been A FAN!!

and Miss Ju, she always delivers!!

 

[Deleted member 1957]

Thank God they still know what fashion photography is In China unlike in many of the other major markets.

 

[fakeawake]

western publications aren't good because we are too decadent.

 

[WAVES]

so many amazing shots! wish it had been properly split though as there are clear and different movie inspirations.

makes me want to rewatch Wong Kar-Wai’s movies!

 

[BlueRuin]

Divine

 

[Nomar]

This is so good.