Cici | Female Focus
Lijie Zhang—Female Focus
Liu Yin is a 32-year-old albino Chinese woman who goes by the nickname “Cici,” after the 1950s Austrian movie character Princess Sissi. When photographer Lijie Zhang met Cici in 2015, she had already been photographing people with rare diseases in China for several years. The two began a series of staged portraits in which Cici chooses her outfits and locations. Cici also writes the captions for each photo, explaining her thoughts and ideas behind each pose. Zhang’s work is part of a series called Female Focus.
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Liu Yin is a 32-year-old albino Chinese woman who goes by the nickname “Cici,” after the 1950s Austrian movie character Princess Sissi. When photographer Lijie Zhang met Cici in 2015, she had already been photographing people with rare diseases in China for several years. The two began a series of staged portraits in which Cici chooses her outfits and locations. Cici also writes the captions for each photo, explaining her thoughts and ideas behind each pose. Zhang’s work is part of a series called Female Focus.