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I am rooted, but I flow.

Inspired by the sculptures when visited museums in Rome. I remember pieces of ethereal fabric flowing on the female’s sculptures creates such delicate pleats, sense of holiness, and ingeniously touches on the silent but powerful side of feminity. And I am intrigued by this complex factor. What is hiding behind the fabrics? The formation of females itself is the product of social and cultural construction. The gender temperament born at the same time has shed the traditional essential color. What females want to show or to be not only should be civilized society’s commitment to individual freedom, but also female's own choices. Female has the power to flow.

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Date Taken: 03.2020
Date Uploaded: 11.2021
Photo Location: Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
Copyright: © Zixuan Zhao