Shameful Intimacy​ is a project which focuses on the private moments in a relationship. I question the patriarchalism and conservativity of a relationship in the cultural context of East Asian Society. Under a romantic and metaphorical visual style, the boundary of private space and public is broken by the camera. Nudity, dominance and loneliness are being gazed by viewers.

Compared to the West, the display of intimacy is regarded as inappropriate and taboo in traditional Chinese culture. In this project, I photograph a couple in a series of intimate moments. A man showing vulnerable, and even feminine, aspects of his personality is regarded as shameful in conservative Chinese society. This work exposes and critiques gender stereotypes, allowing Shameful Intimacy to combine my own experience and a broader experience of gender and sexuality in China.