Petit bout de choux

Rice Terraces, Yuanyang, South Yunnan, PPR China. - December 2009

In Italy, it used to be said that babies are "born under the cabbage" to explain kids where children came from without touching sexuality. It is the equivalent in English of "to have a bun in the oven". This italian expression is not so far from reality in Chinese villages.

Bulang woman, South Yunnan

Bulang Woman, Zuxiang, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Region, China

I consider this portrait of a Bulang tribe woman (South Yunnan, China) one of my best shot. It has never been post-produced, the original taken with a Canon G9 is perfect in terms of colours, frame, saturation and contrasts. The proud, the life experience through her wrinkles, the integrity of her expression is a personal everyday example of being a woman. - South Yunnan, China, December 2009