About

I am a photographer, designer, and feminist art researcher based in Shanghai.
Born in Jiangxi—one of the least gender-equal and most educationally under-resourced regions in China—I grew up with an acute sensitivity to how gender shapes opportunity and perception. I moved to Shanghai at the age of six, and the distance between these two worlds continues to inform my work.

Through photography, writing, and digital tools, I explore how women see and are seen, tracing visual narratives shaped by gender, migration, and everyday life in East Asia. My ongoing projects include Women’s Image Archive, Moon Letter, and Black & White Files, alongside experimental tools such as Image Listener, which aims to make visual culture more accessible and inclusive.

摄影师、设计师与女性主义艺术研究者，现居上海。我出生于江西黎川，6岁开始在上海生活，上海与江西截然不同氛围，让我有一种与周围同龄人的疏离感，这些疏离感持续塑造着我对影像、身体与社会结构的观察方式。

通过摄影、写作与工具开发，我探索“女性如何观看”与“女性如何被观看”，尝试重建一条属于亚洲女性的视觉叙事。现阶段的项目包括《女性影像档案馆》《影像半月刊》等，以及面向无障碍视觉文化的实验工具 Image Listener。

Podcast: @黑白档案

Projects

One part of my work is to tell stories — in image, text and voice.
Another part is to design tools — for seeing, describing and thinking.
我的一部分工作在讲述，另一部分在设计“如何被看见”的方式。

A girl standing in the shallow water at the beach, looking down. There is a lighthouse in the water and a few ships in the distance on a cloudy day.

以黑白影像与缓慢观看，关注女性日常、记忆，以及身体与空间之间的微妙张力。

摄影实践

A blurred woman with dark hair standing near the ocean at dusk. Overlaid text in Chinese and English reads 'Women's Image Archive' and 'Follow me!', with a handwritten arrow pointing to a digital social media handle '@木知Muki' and the word '关注' (Follow). Additional text indicates the woman is a photographer and UX designer, with a focus on women under 30 photographers in 2025.

线上展厅：女性影像档案馆

Xiaohongshu & Wechat Official Account
@木知Muki | 女性影像档案馆

Sequence of glowing circles and shapes representing phases of the moon in a dark background.

一份与月亮同频的影像档案, 专注亚洲与女性影像艺术实践

电子刊：影像半月刊

A web-based visual aid that translates images into vivid, emotionally-aware descriptions, designed to help more people see what is usually unseen, including those with visual impairments.
影像辅助工具，不只描述“图像是什么”，尝试让图像的情绪、关系与光线，被更多人听见、被更多人看见。

A lightweight thinking board for iterative problem-solving — built to help creators articulate, prioritize, and refine ideas during real work, not just after. 一个用于创作者迭代思考的轻量看板工具，让问题不是被修复，而是被看见、被理解。