Jasmine Pang, Female Power under Patriarchy Society (PEOPLE 2023)

This set of photo shows the Female Power under Patriarchy Society of China. Qi Pao, one of the famous traditional dress type for Chinese woman become our media to carry out the photoshoot. Back in the day, we - the female, need to be brilliant under Man’s preferences to win the resource for us to survive. There are blue sky above Man’s head and the beautiful world waiting them to explore. But the roof, probably a nice decorated roof, is the only thing above Woman’s head. Some of us are lucky enough to find a good and wealthy man, however the walls are too high to escape; the lights that leaking through are our ‘unrealistic’ dream. The models and I are from China (a country that are still learning about feminism). We put our feels and emotions as a woman into the photos. What the models heard, saw, and experienced become the stories in their eyes. I am so lucky to capture the moments that a woman truly expressing themselves - no pleasing to man, but showing their inner strength.

Images have been resized for web display, which may cause some loss of image quality. Note: Original high-resolution images are used for judging.