Jichu Mao

Timeline

15 series and 102 photographs, March 2025 to June 2026, in the United States and China.

2026

Macau

Macau Peninsula and Cotai8 photographs

Pedestrians crossing in front of the Casino Lisboa's neon entrance.The Grand Lisboa tower rising between old apartment blocks.A yellow colonial building with green shutters and palm trees, towers behind it.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.

Zhuhai

Guangdong5 photographs

The opera house shells lit amber at night.Two people standing on an empty beach under a wide turquoise sky.A statue of a woman holding a pearl aloft, on a rock in the sea.The two shells of the opera house at dusk above a paved plaza.

2025

Tea Hills

Wuyi, Jinhua, Zhejiang5 photographs

The hotel lit at night, mirrored in still water.Terraced tea bushes and bare white-trunked trees below a glass dome, mountains behind.A stone clock tower behind beds of red and yellow flowers.A château-style hotel reflected in a pond, framed by a branch of red leaves.

Dry Hills

Hills east of San Jose, California7 photographs

The sun touching a dark ridge above a fenced hillside road.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.

Pacific

Ocean Beach and Sutro Baths, San Francisco7 photographs

A cormorant perched on a ruined wall while a person walks along it, the sea glittering behind.A lone figure far off on an empty beach.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.

Salt

Alviso Marina County Park, San Jose8 photographs

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.Tan hills beyond a blurred white field of salt.

Rose

Quzhou, Zhejiang7 photographs

She holds the rose to her lips and looks at the camera.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 crouches beside the sofa, looking down.

Evening Walk

Fushan Park, Quzhou, Zhejiang4 photographs

Close profile: the peak of her cap hides her eyes.A woman in a grey cap and sleeveless top stands on a lawn and looks at the camera, a pagoda behind the trees.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.

Subway

Inside Unreal Engine10 photographs

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.

Off-season

Atlantic City and Cape May, New Jersey10 photographs

A Victorian porch hung with pink bows and mirror balls.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.