SOFTNESS IN THE SHADOWS

UNDERWORLD ROYALE II

SS27
The commission
A moody, stylized photograph featuring a woman in the foreground wearing a black sleeveless top, with two other women blurred in the background under warm, red-orange ambient lighting.
A woman in a black suit and sunglasses stands on a staircase in a dimly lit, atmospheric setting, surrounded by other people in dark clothing.
A woman in a black suit and sunglasses stands on a staircase in a dimly lit, atmospheric setting, surrounded by other people in dark clothing.

When the bloodshed ends, the melodrama continues.

This stage holds the characters with nowhere left to hide. Instead of exploiting them, we are all stepping inside the scene with them.

- Shao Yang