CHINESE OPERA

CHINESE OPERA presents a tightly edited selection of photographs focused on the visual language of traditional opera makeup and costume, observed primarily in backstage and preparatory moments. Rather than documenting performance, the images concentrate on transformation: faces constructed through color, gesture, and material, suspended between everyday presence and symbolic identity. Makeup becomes a surface where cultural codes, roles, and archetypes are assembled. This gallery brings together selected images sequenced for visual coherence, emphasizing surface, expression, and the ritual dimension of becoming a character.