Jichu Mao

All photographs

160 photographs from 18 series

Golden grass on a ridge above forested hills, with a sea of fog reaching the horizon.A dirt trail curving up a grassy ridge toward the low sun.
Two long shadows fall across a dirt trail through golden grass.Fog pouring through forested valleys under a pale evening sky.Dry grass stalks in front of a bank of fog.
The sun above a dark ridge and backlit golden grass.Tall grass in silhouette against the setting sun.The sun sinking into the fog beyond a ridge, seen through grass stalks.
The sun setting over fog-filled valleys, seen across a field of red grass.An orange sunset over the fog, a dark tree line on the left.Fog rolling over dark ridges under a pink and blue sky after sunset.
A half moon in a blue sky above treetops.A man in LED glasses stands on a rooftop stairway at night, small against neon-lit towers.He leans on the stair rail holding two light sticks, his glasses glowing.Seen from above in profile, he crouches by the railing with a red light stick, the city spread out below.He stands with the light sticks crossed over his chest, lit red by them.
With his back to the camera he raises a red light stick toward the skyline.The Grand Lisboa tower rising between old apartment blocks.A yellow colonial building with green shutters and palm trees, towers behind it.
Pedestrians crossing in front of the Casino Lisboa's neon entrance.Looking up at the patterned facade of a tower against a pink sky.A crowded street at dusk under Chinese pharmacy and shop signs.A gondola on an indoor canal lined with Venetian-style facades under a painted sky.
A lit carousel under a dome.A glowing white cube building beside a replica clock tower at night.A hotel outlined in gold light at night, a crowd in the plaza below.
A dark red salt pond edged with white salt crust; a few people walk along the far shore.A person standing at the edge of a shallow pond, mirrored in the water beside a lump of salt.Close view of red brine with salt crystals forming under the surface.
A white salt flat with a shallow pool winding through it.A lump of salt standing in still red water.Upside-down reflections of two people in still red water.
A man standing on a spit of salt under a high sun, reflected in the pond.Tan hills beyond a blurred white field of salt.A boardwalk with steel railings leading to a small house-shaped frame.A house-shaped wooden frame on a grassy bank, mirrored in a pond.
An adult and two children at the water's edge in silhouette, with their reflections.A woman in a black slip dress sits on a cream sofa holding a red rose, lit from the side.She reclines on the sofa in a dark room, the rose held up to one eye.
She leans on the arm of the sofa, looking down at the rose in her hand.She holds the rose to her lips and looks at the camera.She leans back with the rose raised beside her face, eyes lowered.She crouches beside the sofa, looking down.She crouches beside the sofa and looks up at the camera.
Close portrait: she smiles, shelves and warm light behind her.Close portrait, her eyes turned to the side, shelves behind her.Close portrait from above; she looks down with a slight smile.A causeway and an island at sunset, the sky fading from orange to blue.The San Francisco skyline at dusk across the bay, trees in silhouette below.
The Bay Bridge strung with lights, leading to the San Francisco skyline at night.The white tower of the Bay Bridge at night, light trails along the road.
The downtown skyline lit up at night, seen across the water.Gold fireworks bursting over the bay above red smoke.Two blue fireworks over dark water.
A large gold firework with smaller bursts beneath it.Red fireworks trailing long sparks.A visitor in silhouette reading a lit exhibition wall in a museum.A dark atrium opening onto a tall window glowing with warm light.
Looking straight up at a circular glass dome with a spiral lattice.A white grand piano on a round black stage, seen from directly above.A white sculpture of a seated figure beneath a glass lattice roof.The Canton Tower at dusk behind a bed of pink flowers.
A lit pagoda at night beyond an empty plaza.The Guangzhou skyline and an arched bridge at night, boat lights streaking across the river.A woman in a grey cap and sleeveless top stands on a lawn and looks at the camera, a pagoda behind the trees.
Close profile: the peak of her cap hides her eyes.Seen from behind, she tilts her head back with her eyes closed.She sits on a wooden bench in profile, one arm resting on her knee.She stands on a path at dusk holding the strap of her bag, looking at the camera.She looks back from a winding path as the park lamps come on.
A person in a dark coat stands at the water's edge facing rows of breaking waves.A gull standing in the shallows as a wave breaks behind it.A dog running along the wet sand with a ball in its mouth, sea stacks behind.
Bands of sand, surf and sky on an empty beach.A lone figure far off on an empty beach.A cormorant perched on a ruined wall while a person walks along it, the sea glittering behind.
A dog lying in the sun on a concrete ledge.The ruins of a seaside bath below green bluffs, with the open ocean beyond.A grassy ledge and a ruined pool wall, with rocks offshore.
Sea stacks beyond a bank of yellow flowers.An empty road curving down toward the ocean past a cypress tree.The Golden Gate Bridge seen from a sandy beach.
A man carrying two large blue bags crosses a sunny street lined with palm trees.A tiled dome on a white building, framed by tree branches.Rolling golden hills in low evening light, long shadows in the folds.
The valley and its city at golden hour, seen past a slope scattered with rocks.Three people on a grassy hill looking out over the city below.
A rounded hill catching the last light above dry grass.A person in silhouette watching the sun set behind a hill.The sun touching a dark ridge above a fenced hillside road.
People in silhouette on a hilltop watching the sunset.Layered ridges fading into haze under an orange sky.
A black cow standing by a fence post above the valley lights at dusk.A black cow seen from behind, looking out over a valley of city lights at dusk.
The side of a subway car in a virtual scene, photographed off a monitor: the number 8805 and a flag decal beside a window.The car's double doors, with stickers reading 'Do not hold doors'.
The end of the car, with its headlights and end door.The empty interior of the car, benches along both sides.
A door window beside a 'No exit' sign and graffiti.The door at the end of the car, graffiti on the wall beside it.
A bench and a framed poster seen across the aisle.The aisle seen from floor level.
Ceiling lights and advertisements blurred and mirrored in a window.Looking into the car through a window; the sign above the seats reads 'Emergency'.
A cherry tree in full bloom beside a road.A branch of cherry blossom against a blue sky.Dense pink cherry blossom.Taiko drummers performing on an outdoor stage.
Blossom-covered branches filling the frame.Two people standing on an empty beach under a wide turquoise sky.A white lighthouse at the end of a pier, seen from the beach.A statue of a woman holding a pearl aloft, on a rock in the sea.A shell-shaped opera house and a red pavilion across the water, framed by an opening in a stone wall.
The two shells of the opera house at dusk above a paved plaza.The opera house shells lit amber at night.
Two people walking toward a lit lighthouse at night.The moon and its reflection on dark water.Terraced tea bushes and bare white-trunked trees below a glass dome, mountains behind.
The glass dome above rounded rows of tea bushes.A stone clock tower behind beds of red and yellow flowers.A road with a painted arrow curving past a pond and a pruned pine.
A château-style hotel reflected in a pond, framed by a branch of red leaves.The clock tower at dusk beside a wet road.The hotel lit at night, mirrored in still water.
An outdoor Christmas tree wrapped in lights against a dark sky.An empty boardwalk and beach; a kite is caught on a line of string lights.
An amusement pier with a Ferris wheel, seen from above the shoreline.A pale tower rising behind a curved wall of blue glass.
Cloud shadows on a blank white wall behind a row of lamp posts, in black and white.A yellow bulldozer at the water's edge beyond dune grass.Mannequins in pastel tracksuits outside a shop window lettered 'Homemade fudge' and 'Hot roasted nuts'.
A squirrel on a weathered boardwalk beside a steel rail.A narrow lane between pastel-painted shopfronts.A Victorian porch hung with pink bows and mirror balls.
Two shop windows full of soft toys in a red brick wall, under black awnings.A boardwalk ramp zigzagging toward a distant lighthouse.A row of benches on the sand in low sun; two people sit on one, facing the sea.
A lighthouse seen through tall reeds under a clouded sky.The sun low over the sea under heavy cloud, a wreck on the horizon.
The sun setting over the sea beside a half-sunken wreck; a person stands on the jetty.Two people sit on a rock ledge above a river gorge in autumn colour.
Dark red apples on a branch above rows of orchard trees and distant hills.Red apples on a branch against a blue sky.Fallen apples lying in rows beneath the orchard trees.
An old blue pickup truck loaded with pumpkins, beside a giant pumpkin and chrysanthemums.A crowded main street leading up to a stone church, autumn hills behind.A street musician in a red jacket and sunglasses plays guitar on a bench.
A street musician in a bandana plays guitar by a wooden fence, his case open beside him.Framed ink portraits above a shelf of potted cacti and succulents in a shop.Two white ornamental pumpkins with black metal leaves among warm fairy lights.
Elliot, a tabby kitten, lying on a dark duvet and looking at the camera.The cat's face in profile, its eye in sharp focus.
The cat resting its chin, eyes half closed.The cat looking straight ahead, ears up.
The cat's front paws stretched out on the bed.A city avenue at night seen from above, tail lights streaking red.
A thin crescent moon in a violet sky beside a brick wall and a railing.Lights blurred behind a perforated metal screen.
A squirrel clinging head-down to a tree trunk.A hand holding up a dry maple leaf against bare trees.