We took these photos in Boston Chinatown. Generally, because we want to show Chinese culture in our photos completely through capture pictures that full of Chinese style. More specifically, there is an interesting thinking spring up in our brains that motivates us to pursue how Chinese people maintain their Chinese culture, even though they are living in another country. And we also want to use these pictures to shnow that Chinese culture can be found all around the world, since Chinese people bring their country’s culture to everywhere, spreading and carrying forward these cultures which let more and more people to realized Chinese culture and also can make them have chance to absorb the essence of Chinese culture. 

         The model we chose literally represents a collision between Chinese and American culture. She is a Chinese, but her blonde hair and makeup are both typical of Western style, showing what Chinese-Americans look like in most people’s eyes; while her costumes are of Chinese style, such as the tunic suit and cheongsam, showing the true look of Chinese people in U.S.. That is, even if they live in a foreign land and accept a completely different culture, they would still maintain their Chinese heart and the unique Chinese culture.

         In our Chinatown photography project, we decide to use color and tone of Chinese style. In traditional Chinese art and Culture, red, yellow and Qing (the conflation of the idea of green and blue). Influenced by one of the well-known director in China Wang Kar Wai’s chief cameraman Christopher Doyle, we use different kind of light and large area of color to express this traditional Chinese Style. And we also wanted to make our photos more film style, so we use ratio 16:9.