Each culture has its own ideas, definitions, and images of women – of beauty, female virtue, motherhood, and wisdom. For the past ten years of my research on the Nuosu (Yi) of Liangshan, Sichuan, I have encountered and understood women and girls as bearers of culture and tradition, songs and stories. These images are both a dedication to them as much as they express my hopes for their future: education, development, happiness, and the continuity of their culture.*

*All proceeds of the exhibition will go into a fund for higher education for Yi (Nuosu) girls.