In 2007, when still a young woman in college, Luo Yang began photographing Chinese women around her as a way to make sense of her own loneliness and existential confusion. This exploration turned into an ongoing project that, twelve years later, she is still expanding on. GIRLS is a vast collection of intimate portraiture, capturing young Chinese women as they navigate the myriad complexities of urban life, discovery, heartbreak and becoming who they will be in a changing China. The portraits show us their subjects in new and unfamiliar contexts, displaying these girls’ hopes, fears, ambitions and vulnerabilities. Luo was named as one of the 100 most influential women in the world by the BBC in 2018.
