我们是虎龙人 / We Are Tiger Dragon People
2008–ongoing · Photographic pop-up books

We Are Tiger Dragon People is my ongoing series of photographic pop-up books exploring ethnic minority communities in China and my own relationship to ancestry, identity, and belonging.

In my twenties, I learned of my mother's Nuosu Yi heritage, a discovery that sparked a long-term exploration of my family's history and China's cultural diversity. In 2008, a Fulbright Fellowship brought me back to Yunnan Province to continue this work through travel, photography, and research.

Through photography and paper engineering, I transform these encounters into dimensional books that unfold to reveal layered histories of culture, place, and identity.