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Staged Proximity

Alexia Wang

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I am Alexia Wang, a fashion photographer based between London, Shanghai, and Beijing. My work explores the silent dynamics of space and human coexistence, blending everyday reality with staged visual narratives. 

I am Alexia Wang, a fashion photographer based between London, Shanghai, and Beijing. My work exp...

This project examines an interpersonal state I see repeatedly: we share the same room but never quite reach one another. Togetherness here is not affective initiative but structural arrangement—co-habitation, cooperation and social tasks arrange us together. We are mutually visible, yet emotionally out of range.

Space functions as a viewing device: tiled grids, circular apertures, corners and benches discipline bodies into displayable units. I choreograph low-intensity, non-teleological gestures and use collaged/pixelated layering to interrupt continuity, so the image feels screen-stitched and compressed—appearing together while remaining apart.

Rather than narrate, the work exposes a familiar pressure of distance: people are present, yet no one truly arrives.

Final work

  • Two women pose in a staged tiled interior, alternating between standing and reclining, highlighting their outfits through minimal geometric settings.
  • A woman posing against a tiled background.
  • Two women pose in a staged tiled interior, alternating between standing and reclining, highlighting their outfits through minimal geometric settings.
  • Two women in blue headpieces and black outfits pose against a blue geometric background.
  • A woman in blue headpieces posing against a blue geometric background.
  • Two women in blue headpieces and black outfits pose against a blue geometric background.
  • Two women in contrasting red and black outfits pose around a round table, shifting between reclining and upright positions.
  • A woman with red hair wearing a red outfit.
  • Two women in contrasting red and black outfits pose around a round table, shifting between reclining and upright positions.
  • Three women pose in staged interiors: one in a headscarf, one on a bench in green, and one by a blue wall.
  • A woman posing on a bench.
  • Three women pose in staged interiors: one in a headscarf, one on a bench in green, and one by a blue wall.

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Staged Proximity

This project examines an interpersonal state I see repeatedly: we share the same room but never quite reach one another. Togetherness here is not affective initiative but structural arrangement—co-habitation, cooperation and social tasks arrange us tog...

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