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PHOTOGRAPHING TAIWAN’S BETEL NUT GIRLS WITH CHEN CHIN-PAO

Taiwanese photographer Chen Chin-Pao’s “Betel Nut Girls” series explores Taiwan’s controversial culture of using scantily-clad teenage girls to sell Betel Nuts, a small green nut that is chewed much like gum.

See more of Chen’s work on his website.

Chen Chin-Pao went to the Department of Photography of School of Visual Arts in New York in 1996, and earned his degree of BFA with an award for outstanding Achievement three years later. Chen got MFA degree from School of Fine Arts, Taipei National University of the Arts in 2013. His latest ongoing project, “Ordinary Household”, is dedicated to depict contemporary Taiwanese domestic life. Chen was awarded The Overseas Photographer Award of The 26th Higashikawa award at 2008. He lives and works in New Taipei City, Taiwan.