This project creates portraits of people with Down Syndrome, capturing their pure essence in the form of beautiful photography. Through launching public exhibitions on these artworks, I aspire to enhance the society’s general understanding of my models. The biggest reason why most people look differently at people with Down Syndrome is that we don’t see them as individuals, but as patients. Not knowing how to approach or befriend them, some might simply discriminate them to escape from the difficulties. However, they are a chosen group of people. Genetic changes turn each of them into someone with innocent appearance, kind heart and free spirit. They are also emotionally expressive: when they feel happy, they will laugh out loud; when they feel sad, they will shed their tears. One day in my secondary school life, my English teacher talked about Down Syndrome. It was a long while ago but I remember he said, “People with Down Syndrome are the purest people in the world.” This sounded very interesting to me because I had never had a chance to contact anyone with Down Syndrome. The story continues with an assignment from my university photography class, titled “Human Faces”. The special features of people with Down Syndrome make me ponder on an intriguing question: why do they share similar faces – single eyelids, round faces and huge smiles? Perhaps, this is the gift from the above, providing them a world of fairness and minimal differences, without firm judgments on beauty or ugliness. Out of curiosity, I got to know more about them through volunteering for the Hong Kong Down Syndrome Association since the year of 2012. While I took photos of their events, I had the privilege to engage with them in conversations and activities, being touched by their purity and warmth. So I decided to provide them a chance to walk into the studio, like the other beautiful models, to shine on the set with their radiance. Those delightful moments are indeed what I am now sharing with the public. This project is my university graduation project. It has been a great honour to collaborate with the Hong Kong Down Syndrome Association, with the generous support from different organisations. Without any one of them, the photographs will not be exhibited three times from Jan to April in 2015. As a return for their charity, I will give back all the photographs to the participants at the end of all the exhibitions. - The opening hours are for reference only.