ARCHIVE - A-POP, Don't Stop » photography http://blogs.evergreen.edu/popculture Winter 2014 Mon, 07 Apr 2014 18:26:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.2 ARCHIVE - Yijun Liao: Experimental Relationship http://blogs.evergreen.edu/jude2/yijun-liao-experimental-relationship/ http://blogs.evergreen.edu/jude2/yijun-liao-experimental-relationship/#comments Sat, 08 Feb 2014 23:32:33 +0000 http://blogs.evergreen.edu/jude2/?p=174 Experimental Relationship (2007 to now)

“As a woman brought up in China, I used to think I could only love someone who is older and more mature than me, who can be my protector and mentor. Then I met my current boyfriend, Moro, who is 5 years younger than me, I felt that whole concept of relationships changed, all the way around. I became the person who has more authority and power. One of my male friends even questioned how I could choose a boyfriend the way a man would choose a girlfriend. And I thought, “Damn right. That’s exactly what I’m doing, and why not!
I started exploring the alternative possibilities of man and woman relationship, these photos question what is the norm of a heterosexual relationships, what will happen if man and woman exchange their roles of sex and roles of power. And partly because my boyfriend is Japanese, and I am Chinese, this project also describes a love and hate relationship.”

A few articles were floating around my facebook feed yesterday about Yijun Liao. A photographer whoss project, Experimental Relationship has recently gained popularity. Here’s a couple images:

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