In collaboration with Li Wanjie
Year: 2021

Set against a traditional tea ceremony arrangement, this photographic dialogue explores the layered relationship between ritual, identity, and embodied presence. The visual language draws from the aesthetics of queer portraiture, where restraint becomes a site of reflection rather than spectacle. Rope functions as a structural and symbolic device—quietly tracing the contours of intimacy, control, and surrender. Within this considered composition, gestures unfold with measured stillness, offering a meditation on the tension between cultural tradition and individual becoming. The series invites viewers into a space of emotional resonance, where the understated becomes profound.