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Women: International ‘Visual Voices’: Photos From China ‘Women turn the camera’s eye on their own lives.’ The challenge was how to learn about the lives of women in rural China. The solution: provide them with cameras, teach them to use them, and let village women in Yunnan province create a collective self-portrait. Women between the ages of 18 and 57 took more than 40,000 photographs: 200 were selected for a traveling exhibition and 100 for a book, “Visual Voices: 100 Photographs of Village China by the Women of Yunnan Province.” The photographs and captions on these pages are from this book. This photographic journey was part of a U.S. and China initiative, funded by the Ford Foundation, to assess the reproductive health needs of women in rural areas of China. By taking pictures of life in their villages, the women provided public health officials with the ability to see them as they see themselves. The photographs created a common ground of understanding from which discussions emerged; such conversations—about health and work and change—might not have taken place without this visual record to prompt them. As Mary Ann Burris of the Ford Foundation wrote in the forward to “Visual Voices,” the use of these photographs to generate conversation about aspects of rural life and the needs of women was “unique in contributing a positive and affirming map for change.” Not only did the photographs depict the difficulties these women confront, but within these images is an awareness of the hope, pride and humor of their lives, as well as their visions of the future. ■ The grandmother and her grandchildren are standing on a side road outside the village. The old woman’s face glows with a kindly smile. Already more than 70 years old, her spirit and health are quite good. On an average day, her main job is to take care of the grandson and granddaughter and to carry out tasks that she can manage. She finds life pleasing in these later years. Photo by Zhao Ju Xian, age 34. From a farmer’s indoor decorations and displays in the home, one can see that people’s ideas are changing. On the middle of the wall is a picture of the bodhisattva goddess that was put up by an elderly family member. Its significance is to bless the entire household with peace and health. On either side are movie star photographs put up by the girl. She hopes that her life will become more rich and colorful. Photo by Pang Mei Zhi, age 57. 94 Nieman Reports / Winter 2001
Women: International Tobacco planting in this local area yields a good income. With no one to help with day care, this woman’s only recourse is to bring her child to the field. Photo by Jie Xiu Mei, age 20. In our mountain area, all the children are cared for by the mother. When there is no elderly person to help, this young mother always keeps the child right by her side whether she has gone to till the field or has gone to do work at home. Photo by Tao Li Li, age 18. Nieman Reports / Winter 2001 95
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