



Two years ago, a plan for setting up China’s first nude swimming area in East
China’s Zhejiang Province had to be aborted due to strong public opposition.
Inspired by an instinctive hood fascination with female nudity, Xiao Guanmu (a moniker which translates to “Little Coffin”) uses her photography to challenge mainstream notions of beauty. For the last five years, the Beijing-based photographer has been traveling around China photographing nude portraits of women from all walks of life.
They handed out leaflets outlining the Communist Party’s ban on all ‘nude swimming or sunbathing’ on the beach, a 1.4-mile crescent of sand along the South China Sea near a People’s Liberation Army base



















