Jairus Qu (JAIRUS) | Writer, Filmmaker & Photographer

Writer · Filmmaker · Photographer作家 · 电影创作者 · 摄影师

Photography, film and fiction shaped by light, distance, memory and human presence.从摄影到电影与小说，关注光线、距离、记忆，以及人在世界中的位置。

01 / Photography

Visual Overture

I am drawn to the moment when a place stops being scenery and begins to reveal a story.

**Witnesses to the Colony**United Kingdom英国

**Where the Earth Still Breathes**Ijen Crater, Indonesia印尼 · 伊真火山

**The Old King's Look**Ngorongoro, Tanzania坦桑尼亚 · 恩戈罗恩戈罗

**Island Keepers**Farne Islands, UK英国 · 法恩群岛

The Living Current — vast moving school of sardines above the reef — **The Living Current**Bohol, Philippines菲律宾 · 薄荷岛

**Light in Formation**Barcelona, Spain西班牙 · 巴塞罗那

**When Stone Catches Fire**Barcelona, Spain西班牙 · 巴塞罗那

Built by Light2026 IPA · Official Selection (series) / APMP · Honorable Mention2026 IPA 官方入选（系列）／APMP 荣誉提名

Framing the Louvre — the Louvre pyramids enclosed by an ornate stone arch — **Framing the Louvre**Paris, France法国 · 巴黎

Beneath the Cedars — walkers framed by towering cedars on a forest path — **Beneath the Cedars**Japan日本

Before the Weather Turns — a figure in blue among golden grasses under a dramatic sky — **Before the Weather Turns**New Zealand新西兰

**Boat Beneath the Storm**Okinawa, Japan日本 · 冲绳

02 / Films

Screening Room

Short films made from travel, memory and the places that remain after leaving.

Now Screening01 / 03

Otaru · Hokkaido, Japan

A Love Letter to Otaru

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03 / Writing

Fiction & Stories小说与故事

A family crossing generations. A man who can stop time. A blind actor asked to perform blindness. Fiction begins where a life refuses an easy description.一段跨越几代人的家族往事，一个能够暂停时间的男人，一个被要求把盲人演得更像的失明演员。我的小说从这些具体的人开始，而不是从主题开始。

01 / Long Fiction · Completed中长篇小说 · 已完成

Selected Photography

Projects

Each project begins with a different way of looking—through light, distance, weather and human presence.

Built by Light

Architecture · 4 photographs建筑摄影 · 4 幅作品International Photography Awards 2026 · Official Selection2026 IPA 国际摄影奖 · 官方入选

Barcelona, Spain西班牙 · 巴塞罗那 02

Passages

Street / passage · 6 photographs街头与行旅 · 6 幅作品

Japan日本 03

Coast and Colony

Coast / observation · 4 photographs海岸与观察 · 4 幅作品

United Kingdom英国 04

Weather and Distance

Landscape / human scale · 5 photographs风景与人物尺度 · 5 幅作品

New Zealand新西兰 05

Into the Blue

Underwater / scale · 3 photographs水下摄影与尺度 · 3 幅作品

Philippines菲律宾 06

Where the Cranes Return

Wildlife / movement · 5 photographs野生动物与运动 · 5 幅作品

China中国 07

Scale and Weather

Sea / weather · 3 photographs海洋与天气 · 3 幅作品

Okinawa, Japan日本 · 冲绳 08

Selected Works

Frame / threshold · 3 photographs构图与空间边界 · 3 幅作品

France + Italy法国与意大利

Professional Practice专业实践

Photography forms the visual foundation; fiction and film are equal parts of the author archive.摄影是视觉基础；小说与电影共同构成作者档案。

Primary identity主要身份Writer · Filmmaker · Photographer作家 · 电影创作者 · 摄影师

Further practice其他实践Screenwriter · Cinematographer · Colorist编剧 · 摄影指导 · 调色师

Photography distribution图库合作Getty Images · Visual China

About & full recognition关于与完整履历 ↗

Selected Recognition精选荣誉

Awards奖项

2026

Epson International Pano Awards — Open Awards Bronze Award · Open Aerial Top 100Epson 国际全景摄影奖 — 铜奖 · 航拍组前100Where the Earth Still Breathes · Aerial category, joint 92nd《地球仍在呼吸的地方》· 航拍组并列92名

2026

Architecture Photography MasterPrize — Honorable Mention × 2建筑摄影大师奖 — 两项荣誉提名Framing the Louvre (Cultural Exterior) · Built by Light — Sagrada Família (Cultural Interior)《框中卢浮宫》（文化建筑外观）·《光之建构：圣家堂》（文化建筑室内）

2025

Xiaomi International Creativity Competition — Silver Award小米国际创意大赛 — 银奖The Old King's Look · submitted as The Lion King of Ngoro Crater《老王的目光》· 参赛题名 The Lion King of Ngoro Crater

Selections入选

2026

International Photography Awards — Official SelectionIPA 国际摄影奖 — 官方入选Built by Light · Series《光之建构》· 建筑摄影系列

2026

Head On Photo Awards — Semi-finalistHead On 摄影奖 — 半决赛入围Where the Earth Still Breathes《地球仍在呼吸的地方》

Exhibitions展览

2026

Head On Photo Festival — Selected for Digital ExhibitionHead On 摄影节 — 入选数字展Bondi Pavilion Gallery · Sydney · 7–29 Nov 2026 · Where the Earth Still Breathes悉尼 Bondi Pavilion Gallery · 2026年11月7—29日 ·《地球仍在呼吸的地方》

2025

Qingdao International Ocean Photography × 500px — Exhibition Selection青岛国际海洋摄影 × 500px — 入展The Living Current · Bohol, PhilippinesThe Living Current · 菲律宾薄荷岛

Contact

Work, rights
and collaboration.

Direct contact

For editorial, film, licensing and collaboration enquiries.

jairussnow@gmail.com About & credentials

JAIRUS.

Visual Overture

Screening Room

A Love Letter to Otaru

Fiction & Stories小说与故事

Skiff《扁舟》

The Ability to Stop Time《暂停时间的能力》

No Tracks in the Snow《踏雪无痕》

Projects

Built by Light

Passages

Coast and Colony

Weather and Distance

Into the Blue

Where the Cranes Return

Scale and Weather

Selected Works

Awards奖项

Selections入选

Exhibitions展览

Work, rightsand collaboration.

Direct contact

Work, rights
and collaboration.