The title of this project is “Grandparents.”

The societal/cultural issue I want to explore with my photographs is the culture in China where the new generations leave the village for big cities like Beijing and Shanghai, and start a family there. Behind this migration is the older generation and sometimes the younger generation as well, staying in the little villages, waiting for the Chinese New Year.

I want my audience to feel the warmth and sense of belonging their grandparents provided them when they were young. I hope to achieve this by taking candid shots of my grandparents doing their ordinary routine that they may have seen their grandparents do.

I will get inspired and develop my ideas by looking  at the work of photographers like Tina Barney, who capture candid shots that tell a story. I can study how she incorporates photography techniques without the photograph looking like a typical model photo.