Last year, a good friend of mine suffered from anxiety. In talking with her, I discovered that as a gay person, she was actually under a lot of pressure from the outside world and from her family, not to mention the prejudice and unfair treatment from society. I found myself oblivious to the pain she was feeling inside. I was unconsciously thinking that I was not the one involved, that I had made a complete distinction between myself and her, that I was standing on my own ground and taking her for granted, and wasn't that a difference? It's not just me, but also the society's perception of sexual minorities, which is almost like a "none of your business" attitude. It's not my business, so I'm indifferent.
In Chinese society, or in Asian society, such problems exist, and the lack of freedom in sexual orientation also means the lack of freedom in life. It is very painful not to be able to live freely in a free society and to be tied down. The current situation of homosexuals is that most of the social interactions are in a passive and marginalized state, they are separate and distinct. Since my friend is just an example, and there are many others around me who want to be like her, I started to use my camera.
So in 2020, I decided to start this project, and through photography, I tried to explore the unnamed hidden membrane between friends and friends, and between strangers and strangers.
