Migrant domestic worker is one of the major migrant working populations in Hong Kong. They are far away from their homeland, and come to an unknown city with many challenges and difficulties, but they are still living and fighting for future with resilience.

Art photographer Gretchen SO is interested about the life of domestic workers during their leisure time. After working, what would they do in their holiday?

With a camera, SO walked around many locations where the migrant domestic workers gather, joining their activities to understand their life. The exhibition is a picture of how the migrant domestic worker live their life in a world that full of limitation: they dress up to welcome weekends’ gathering in a park, to learn new skills for at the corner of a footbridge, to celebrate wedding on the rooftop…… those numerous ordinary moments are evidence that we, the Hong Kong people, are all living under the same sky.

A diversified community is based on respecting the value of existence of different people, and it comes from the understanding of people. The migrant domestic workers are not only worker, but they are also people living in the society working hard for dreams and future. Lumenvisum presents, “Hidden Narratives: Portraits of Resilience in Hong Kong’s Migrant Domestic Helper Community”, exhibits a series of photographs of migrant domestic workers’ portraits by artist Gretchen SO, illustrating the life of Hong Kong migrant domestic worker, who live together with all Hong Kong people.

Gallery address: L2-02, Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre, 30 Pak Tin Street, Shek Kip Mei, Kowloon