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HK-based Irish photographer Gráinne Quinlan (famed for her ‘elderly Tai Chi‘ series) recently teamed up with the campaign to ask foreign domestic workers why they left their home country to work in another city. A city which often treats them a second-class citizens..
- Erna在香港居住愛爾蘭籍的攝影師 Gráinne Quinlan，為於維園聚集的外傭拍下照片，記錄她們為何要離鄉別井去打工。
- Erna
- April
Each portrait carries an optimistic, positive message. It is a reminder that everyone shares similar motivations and hopes for the future – no matter where they stand in Hong Kong society…
- Tara
The photo set is based on the WYDYWYD.com (Why Do You Do What You Do?) project – a global social media meme.
- Ciwi
Many members our competitive city’s middle class are so over-worked that they hire helpers to help support their families, often in their absence. In turn, helpers themselves are are working every day to support their own families, despite also being absent.
- Awahha
Each helper who took part was free to write anything they wished…
- Fifi
- Linda
- Mustofiah
- Ning
- Qania
- Tara
- Widi
- Winnie
- Yulia
The helpers in this final shot are sisters…
- Jariyah & Linda
Gráinne holds a BA in photography from the Dublin Institute of Technology and has worked in New York as part the Elk artist collective and with the Mary Ellen Mark studio.
Domestic workers are not entitled to the minimum hourly wage in HK and cannot obtain permanent residency, no matter how many decades some have resided in the city. Maids receive a meagre HK$3,920 per month, are legally obliged to ‘live in’ (a rule which is counter to international standards) and must leave the territory in order to begin new contracts with new employers. Those who find themselves out of work must find a new employer within a fortnight or risk deportation – a rule condemned by the UN. More than half are abused in some manner and many are heavily indebted to their placement agencies, who charge exorbitant fees, contrary to international guidelines.
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- April
我們問了幾位印傭，為甚麼她們要離開家鄉，到一個總將她們當作二等公民的城市去工作。每張照片都傳遞著一個樂觀、正面的訊息，提醒我們不論地位階級，每個人都對未來懷有相同的目標、盼望。
- Tara
這系列相片是參考 WYDWYD.com (Why Do You Do What You Do?)。
- Ciwi
香港很多中產家庭工作過度繁忙，大部分時間不在家，需要聘請外傭幫忙照顧家庭。外傭們於是每天為自己的家庭而工作，卻同樣犧牲了留在自己的家的時間。
- Awahha
每位參與拍攝的外傭都可以隨便寫下任何東西。
- Fifi
- Linda
- Mustofiah
- Ning
- Qania
- Tara
- Widi
- Winnie
- Yulia
- Jariyah & Linda
外籍家庭傭工不受香港的最低工資保障， 無論他們在香港居住了多少年都不能獲取永久居留權。她們的月薪只有微薄的HK$3,920，法律要求她們必須與僱主同住（此條例不符國際標準），更須難開香港境內才可以跟新僱主開始新的合約。合約中止後，外傭需於兩星期內找到新僱主，否則會被遞介出境， 此規條遭聯合國譴責。超過一半的外傭遭受不同程度的虐待，而中介公司違反國際指引索取過高的費用，亦令她們背負債務。
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