Panned in the rain — the woman in a camel coat stays sharp under her umbrella while traffic and city lights streak past behind her.

Photographs
2023–2026

WilsonZhao

Selected work

People in the rain, rooms after dark, and the quiet morning after snow.

Portraits

Studio sittings, friends on formal nights, and a stranger in the rain.

2023–2026 · 26 photographsView collection

Studio portrait of a young woman dressed in black with gold hoop earrings, against a dark backdrop. — Portraits04

A young man with curly hair lit in saturated violet light, looking up and away from the camera. — Portraits07

A young man in a blue suit and lilac tie stands by a window, side-lit by low sun, his reflection faint in the glass. — Portraits09

A young man in an orange sweatshirt and glasses sits in a dim doorway, looking down at his phone. — Portraits10

A boy in a red helmet sits on a whitewashed window ledge with a skateboard beside him. — Portraits11

A couple in formal wear stand side by side beneath an arched window, lit in blue and violet. — Portraits16

The same couple embrace beneath the arched window, fairy lights glowing to one side. — Portraits17

A woman standing in the desert — Portraits18

Landscape

Cities after dark, galleries after hours, and the morning after snow.

2023–2024 · 28 photographsView collection

Desert Ocean — Landscape01

Two Horses walking along the beach and sunset — Landscape02

A man and a woman walking down a beach — Landscape03

Tall glowing lamps hang in a dark gallery, blurred into streaks of light above a few visitors and a wall of white sculptures. — Landscape04

From above at night, headlights trace blue and white trails around a curving city road beside dark trees and apartment blocks. — Landscape07

Night over a harbour — moored boats and waterfront bars glow orange, their lights spilling across black water. — Landscape08

A lone figure stands in a bright station concourse beneath a large “Grand Central” sign as other travellers blur past. — Landscape09

A rickshaw lit in hot-pink neon waits on a cobbled street at night. — Landscape10

A man with an umbrella walks along a rain-slicked walkway below a glass building lit in teal. — Landscape13

In black and white, a hooded figure with a backpack crouches beside old railway tracks set into a harbourside street. — Landscape15

A black fingerpost sign above a frosted hedge, a thin line of snow tracing the edge of the road. — Landscape21

Red-tinged rose leaves beside a wooden post capped with a small mound of snow. — Landscape23

All work