lesbianartandartists:

Jeannie Simms, Pigy, Erendz, Angie and friend, Hong Kong from the series Readymaids: Here or Where, 2007

“Readymades: Here or Where is an extended series of photographs documenting the self-representations of some of the thousands of domestic workers in Hong Kong. The women have come to the city from Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, Sri Lanka and Malaysia to work as live-in maids for about $500 per month. On Sundays, they gather in Victoria Park near the photo vendors who use backdrops of scenes such as St. Petersburg, Tiananmen Square and the Sidney Opera House. Many of the lesbian workers get their pictures taken with their girlfriends in front of the backdrops, and this photograph captures the moment of hipster performative fantasy.”

Catherine Lord, Art & Queer Culture (New York: Phaidon, 2013), 238.