Linda Zhengová poses a seemingly simple question: what is happiness? In Maybe, Happiness Is…, she also reflects on a significant moment in her personal and professional journey—a move from The Hague to Amsterdam, accompanied by existential questions.

«It started in May 2022 when I made a radical decision to move out of my studio in the Hague without necessarily knowing the reason behind it. I just knew that I didn’t feel happy. I moved to Amsterdam instead and nomadically transported myself to different places. These circumstances enabled me to open myself to novel energies and encounters. Let’s say affective encounters with strangers, pure moments…Since then, I have been transgressing geographical borders to search for happiness yet mingling on the thin line of sanity and madness. In my quest for joy, I present a contradiction, an intangible idea to reflect upon» recounts the photographer.

Oltre ai suoi viaggi personali, questo progetto è stato sviluppato anche durante le residenze artistiche a Cadice, in Spagna; a Oaxaca, in Messico; e presto a Buenos Aires, in Argentina. Attualmente, Zhengová si sta occupando della stesura di un libro sui suoi incontri con sconosciuti. Ancora oggi, tiene inoltre un diario in cui raccoglie le varie definizioni di felicità che le persone hanno condiviso con lei, intrecciandole con le proprie.