Taken over a thirty-year period, Always by my side is a specially reconstituted set of photographs drawn from Heng’s Another Woman series of photographs. Always by my side considers the identity and position of women within family structures through an examination of Heng’s relationship with her mother. The photographs, taken in the format of family portraiture, suggests the establishment and reclamation of ties between mother and daughter—a kinship that is often unacknowledged in traditional Chinese culture. In 2023, the photographs are witnesses to the life and mortality of both women. Taken as Heng enters her senior years while continuing to provide palliative care to her mother, the series contemplates the deep connection between mother and daughter in everyday moments.
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