Landscape photograph from My Hangzhou.

HANGZHOU

HANGZHOU

HANGZHOU

Between Stillness and Life

Between Stillness and Life

Between Stillness and Life

A personal visual diary by Milana Mijatov

The city I photograph. The city I call home.

The city I photograph. The city I call home.

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The city I photograph. The city I call home.

The city I photograph. The city I call home.

“I came to Hangzhou as a foreigner, but over time I began to see it as more than simply a place where I live. Through water, greenery, tradition and everyday moments, the city slowly became part of my personal story. These photographs are not a guide to Hangzhou. They are my way of seeing, feeling and remembering it.”

Milana M.

A deer resting among tall green grass beneath a blue sky.

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Four Ways of Seeing Hangzhou

“Each gallery reveals a different layer of my relationship with the city — its people, natural spaces, forms and changing atmosphere.”

“Each gallery reveals a different layer of my relationship with the city — its people, natural spaces, forms and changing atmosphere.”

“Each gallery reveals a different layer of my relationship with the city — its people, natural spaces, forms and changing atmosphere.”

CURATED SELECTION

Selected Photographs

Selected Photographs

Selected Photographs

“A selection of quiet encounters, changing landscapes and fragments of everyday life in Hangzhou.”

“A selection of quiet encounters, changing landscapes and fragments of everyday life in Hangzhou.”

Black-and-white photograph of a couple holding hands while walking through Hangzhou.
Pink blossoms framing a softly blurred pagoda beside West Lake.
A bird flying above the Hangzhou skyline at sunset.
Black-and-white night photograph of a person walking beneath an umbrella.
Women practising with large red fans in front of calligraphy.
A traditional boat crossing West Lake with the Hangzhou skyline in the distance.
Golden light passing through an autumn tree.
A deer resting among tall green grass beneath a blue sky.
A bronze dragon ornament releasing a small trail of smoke.
A traditional wooden building rising behind a field of tea plants.
Minimal white contemporary architecture with repeating curved structural lines.
Selected photograph from the My Hangzhou series.