Adam Zhu

Adam Zhu is a photographer and creative director based in New York City. The artist’s work captures the abject grit and visceral beauty of New York’s contemporary youth culture. Characterized by a raw, untouched effervescence, Zhu’s photographs are an accumulation of fleeting moments in time that coalesce as a love letter to the diverse neighborhood he grew up in.

Zhu was born on East 12th St. in Manhattan’s Lower East Side and is currently based in Chinatown. At 16, he bought his first point and shoot film camera and began documenting his friends in the music, skating, and graffiti scenes around Tompkins Square Park and St. Marks Place. The self-taught documentarian credits his practice to his creative social circle and mentors in his community.

In addition to photography, Zhu works in a variety of mediums including painting, collage, video, and printmaking. As part of his practice, Zhu curates group art shows, or “cultural happenings,” featuring multimedia works made by his friends. Inspired by the collaborative creative energy of his community, the artist regularly hosts dinners at galleries and spaces across New York City that bring people from different scenes together to converse and share ideas.

Overview

Nice Daze (2022)

Nice Daze (2022)

Nice Daze (2022)

Nice Daze (2022)

See Chinatown With Love (2021)Sound on

Wiki

Wiki

Thebe and Sage

Market (2016)Sound on

Nick Hakim - Crumpy / Let It Out (2020)Sound on

Kaleidoscope Magazine (2021)

Kaleidoscope Magazine (2021)

Kaleidoscope Magazine (2021)

Kaleidoscope Magazine (2021)

Kaleidoscope Magazine (2021)

Kaleidoscope Magazine (2021)

Kaleidoscope Magazine (2021)

Kaleidoscope Magazine (2021)

Kaleidoscope Magazine (2021)

Kaleidoscope Magazine (2021)

Kaleidoscope Magazine (2021)

Kaleidoscope Magazine (2021)

Saby

Nice Daze (2023)

Nice Daze (2022)

Doc Martens (2023)

Doc Martens (2023)

25 Years of Supreme (2019)

Nice Daze (2022)

Nice Daze (2022)

Nice Daze (2022)

Nick Hakim - Will This Make Me Good (2020)

Nick Hakim - Will This Make Me Good (2020)

Social Distance (2020)Sound on

Nice Daze (2022)

Ben Kadow

Sye5

Nice Daze (2022)

Adam Zhu

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Nice Daze (2022)

Nice Daze (2022) Nice Daze (2022) Nice Daze (2022) Nice Daze (2022)

See Chinatown With Love (2021)

See Chinatown With Love (2021)

Wiki

Wiki Wiki

Thebe and Sage

Thebe and Sage

Market (2016)

Market (2016)

Nick Hakim - Crumpy / Let It Out (2020)

Nick Hakim - Crumpy / Let It Out (2020)

Kaleidoscope Magazine (2021)

Kaleidoscope Magazine (2021) Kaleidoscope Magazine (2021) Kaleidoscope Magazine (2021) Kaleidoscope Magazine (2021) Kaleidoscope Magazine (2021) Kaleidoscope Magazine (2021) Kaleidoscope Magazine (2021) Kaleidoscope Magazine (2021) Kaleidoscope Magazine (2021) Kaleidoscope Magazine (2021) Kaleidoscope Magazine (2021) Kaleidoscope Magazine (2021)

Saby

Saby

Nice Daze (2023)

Nice Daze (2023)

Nice Daze (2022)

Nice Daze (2022)

Doc Martens (2023)

Doc Martens (2023) Doc Martens (2023)

25 Years of Supreme (2019)

25 Years of Supreme (2019)

Nice Daze (2022)

Nice Daze (2022) Nice Daze (2022) Nice Daze (2022) Nice Daze (2022)

Nick Hakim - Will This Make Me Good (2020)

Nick Hakim - Will This Make Me Good (2020) Nick Hakim - Will This Make Me Good (2020)

Social Distance (2020)

Social Distance (2020)

Nice Daze (2022)

Nice Daze (2022)

Ben Kadow

Ben Kadow

Sye5

Sye5

Nice Daze (2022)

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