Project / Social Documentary
Empty-nest Elderly
Empty-nest Elderly focuses on the relationship between older people and domestic space, presenting a quiet, restrained but persistent emotional reality. It places human states and home environments on the same narrative plane, emphasizing emotional intensity and social concern within documentary photography.
Last updated: March 21, 2026
Project Overview
This work pays attention to a quiet but enduring reality: the spaces are small and the actions few, yet the relationship between human state and domestic environment is strong.
It helps outside readers understand Liu Xiang's patience and restraint in social documentary work, and completes the aging and domestic-space strand of his project matrix.
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