Echos of Kunming


Photos and text:Suzy

Li Shumeng whose English name is Echo Lee is a native of Yunnan’s City of Eternal Spring. She studies in Chongqing and came back to town to visit friends and relatives over summer break. Kunming seems to be an ideal city to spent the whole year, as I am gradually growing tired of Beijing’s hot, humid and polluted summers and cold dry winters. The question is whether locals are feeling the same way. Are creatives and various sundry cosmopolitan types migrating to locations with a higher quality of life? What city in China provides that perfect balance of vitality and habitability?

In Lijiang


Text and Photos:Suzy

In tourist-ridden Lijiang in northern Yunnan province, women of the Naxi minority proudly wear their traditional work clothing. Their combination attire must be combined carefully to achieve sufficient support during their busy day of coming and going to the .market, household duties and even work on construction sites.