Why is it important that we see more photographs from women?

Photography is historically a male dominated tool that was only available for men, it is therefore so powerful as a tool to control women by shaping their identities and social positions. There was this single perspective of reflecting social norms and customs that is unfair to women but I believe it is important to learn about what is going on in the society from multiple dimensions, including through women's views.

What do your eyes see that a man’s eyes don’t?

Being a member in a traditional Chinese family that is highly sexist, I see myself being overlooked and unheard for many years. It is impossible for male family members to imagine how my sexual identity has brought me negative experiences, such as not being totally accepted to the family. The older generation believes that women members are like objects who marry to their husbands and become the processions of such families. Once they get married, they no longer belong to their original families. Therefore, I find myself ending up expressing my feelings and emotions through the medium of photography, which seems to be the only way I can tell stories from my side. If I was a man, I would never be able to understand gender issues and morals and values of a Chinese traditional family from a female gaze. A particular example is a series of images I created during my study in London, titled "The Skeletons in the Closet", in which I challenge the Confucius concept of unquestioning filial piety in Chinese families with the metaphor of a set of Chinese folktales called "24 Paragons of Filial Piety".