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Photography takes Filipino maid from Hong Kong to New York(lilyl)
Bacani, a filipino who worked as domestic helper in Hongkong, also a photographer who recorded the life status of migrant workers when work off.Through her white and black documentary photographs, she won the fellowship of Magnum Foundation and may had a chance leaving her job for good to pursuit her dream in New York .
Born in a poor family, Bacani drop out of school when she was 19 so that her brother and sister can keep studying. She worked in a affluent Hongkong family, made breakfast, babysat children and cleaned house to make a life, sent money for her family every month.
She loaned form her boss to buy a camera, wandered the street and photoed every night when worked off, told the story of thousands of Hongkong migrant workers like her.It’s a bittersweet process to be a photojournalist, she said, no stable incomes, no clear future, but full of the supports and encourages form her parents and siblings.

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Photography takes Filipino maid from Hong Kong to New York(lilyl)

Bacani, a filipino who worked as domestic helper in Hongkong, also a photographer who in her spare time recorded the life status of migrant workers when work off. Through her white and black documentary photographs, she won the fellowship of Magnum Foundation and got a chance to leaving leave her job for good to/in order to pursuit her dream in New York. Born in a poor family, Bacani drop out of school when she was 19 so that her brother and sister could keep studying. She worked in an affluent Hongkong family, made breakfast, babysat children and cleaned the house to make a life, also she sent money to her family every month. She loaned some money from her boss to buy a camera, and started wandering the streets and photographing every night when off of work, and in this way she told the story of thousands of Hongkong migrant workers like her.It’s a bittersweet process to be a photojournalist, she said, no stable incomes, no clear future, but full of the supports and encouragement from her parents and siblings.