Peking Opera

The item, "Peking opera" was inscribed on UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2010.

Peking opera is a performance art incorporating singing, reciting, acting, martial arts.

Although widely practised throughout China, its performance centres on Beijing, Tianjin and Shanghai.

These ones are modern/ current era costumes of Peking Opera. From my recent trip to Shanghai.

The ladies are well-known Chinese actresses.

The makeup artiste and costumer is also a well-known opera actor very active in the fashion world and has appeared in GQ fashion magazines.



Photo Concept is to mimic those old China posters and calendars from the early 1980s…

Starring 奥黛麗佳 as Madam White Snake,

Makeup and costumes by 方林飛.



The photos are all original and done in studio. I then used AI to draw a background of actual scenery scenes that would match the story and plot of the drama. The original portraits are then combined with the created scenery scenes.