Doll

Although I am not a photographer, I have been fixated on the fetishization of immigrant women in the US for a long time. As part of a research project about Asian sex workers in the US during The Gold Rush and the ensuing fetishization of Asian women in North America, I wanted to make a visual depiction of the distortion and the dehumanization that these women experience every day. Inspired by Yelena Yemchuk’s portraits and in collaboration with model Hannah Kotler, this image is part of a series of photos that gradually portray the state-endorsed disempowerment of these women.

$ 100 · On Hold