More than 1,000 years ago in dynastic China, many young girls had their toes tightly bound in gauze strips to create the illusion of dainty feet. The oldest preserved example of their petite footwear, ...

Jo Farrell, portrait of Zhang Yun Ying, age 77 (2005) (all photographs courtesy the artist) As the last generation of Chinese women with bound feet ages into their final decades, Jo Farrell set out to ...