“Floating Clouds” by Wen Qiong, who was born in Southwest China’s Sichuan province in the 1970s, and started working in Beijing in 2000. Photo: Wen Qiong/Courtesy of Mulan Community Service Center
“Silhouette Under Cirrocumulus Clouds” by Wen Qiong. Photo: Wen Qiong/Courtesy of Mulan Community Service Center
“Flower” by Wen Qiong. Photo: Wen Qiong/ Courtesy of Mulan Community Service Center
“Plants and Insects” by Wen Qiong. Photo: Wen Qiong/Courtesy of Mulan Community Service Center
“Morning Glory” by Wen Qiong. She got interested in photography in 2012 after attending a class hosted by the Mulan Community Service Center, an NGO that provides support for female migrant workers based in Beijing. Photo: Wen Qiong/Courtesy of Mulan Community Service Center
“Cat and Flower” by Wen Qiong. Photo: Wen Qiong/Courtesy of Mulan Community Service Center
In her more than 20 years of work, Wen Qiong has done many jobs like housekeeping and babysitting. Photo: Wen Qiong/Courtesy of Mulan Community Service Center
“Sunset” by Wen Qiong, taken in a Changping district community in Beijing. She has struggled to find work recently, while the employment prospects of her husband and son in the construction industry have also been hurt by the pandemic. Photo: Wen Qiong/Courtesy of Mulan Community Service Center
Wen Qiong took most of the photos with her phone on her way to or from work. She tries to capture all the beautiful things that she sees, as she says moments that have passed cannot be recovered. Photo: Wen Qiong/Courtesy of Mulan Community Service Center
“Earth Gifts” by Chun Fen in Nanbu county, Southwest China’s Sichuan province. Photo: Chun Fen/Courtesy of Mulan Community Service Center
“Farm Tools” by Chun Fen. Born in East China’s Jiangxi province, Chun Fen was a housewife for seven years and found a job as a kindergarten teacher in Sichuan this year. Photo: Chun Fen/Courtesy of Mulan Community Service Center
“Rice Transplanting” by Chun Fen in Nanbu county. Photo: Chun Fen/Courtesy of Mulan Community Service Center
“Dog in the Field” by Chun Fen in Nanbu county. She started to take photos in 2020 and gradually made it a habit. Photo: Chun Fen/Courtesy of Mulan Community Service Center
“Geese” by Chun Fen in Nanbu county. Photo: Chun Fen/Courtesy of Mulan Community Service Center
“Plants” by Chun Fen in Nanbu county. Photo: Chun Fen/Courtesy of Mulan Community Service Center
“Pumpkin Flower” by Chun Fen in Nanbu county. Photo: Chun Fen/Courtesy of Mulan Community Service Center
“The Senior and the Youth” by Chun Fen in Nanbu county. She has found it hard to bring her son to meet his father in Beijing due to restrictions related to Covid-19. Courtesy of Mulan Community Service Center
Portraits of Wen Qiong (left) and Chun Fen. Photo: Courtesy of Mulan Community Service Center