marriages all over.

American artist of Korean descent CYJO created a series of portraits, which examined how ethnicity determines human personality and how different races coexist within the family.

CYJO was born in South Korea and grew up in the United States, a series of portraits of "mixed blood» (Mixed Blood) she created from 2010 to 2013 in New York and Beijing.

Photographer says that one of the reasons that it has started a project, it's curiosity. It was interesting to trace the manifestation of "mixed type" in countries such as China, where the modernization of society continues in line with a combination of a new culture with a long tradition. Although there are people who are afraid of cultural mix. Cyjo concludes that the idea of ​​a global identity and our definition of self, culture and race is rooted in the experience and personal choice.

In a series of "half-breed» CYJO wanted to portray the ever-changing definition of race and explore the uniqueness of the individual in the family.

Doyle Family, 2010, American citizenship. Ancestors: Africans, American Indians, Creoles, Cubans, French, Irish.Languages: English, Spanish, French. Live in New York.

Family Chandola, 2013, Citizenship: India, Korea. Ancestors: Indians, Koreans. Languages: English, Korean, Chinese, Hindi. Living in Beijing.

Family Snodgrass, in 2013, citizenship: America, China. The ancestors of the Germans, the Chinese, the Irish.Languages: English, Mandarin. Living in China since 1999.

Family Walter, in 2010, citizenship: America, Germany. Ancestors: African Americans, American Indians, Bahamians, French, Germans. Languages: English, German, French, Spanish. Live in New York.

Family Kishimoto, 2013 Nationality: China, Japan. Ancestors: Chinese, Japanese. Languages: Mandarin, Japanese, English. Living in Beijing.

Family Casarosa, 2010, citizenship: America, Italy, Korea. Ancestors: Italians, Koreans. Languages: English, Italian, Korean. Live in New York.

Family Huang Rierson, 2013, citizenship: America, Belgium. Ancestors: French, Chinese, Germans, Irish, Scots.Languages: Mandarin, French, English. Living in Beijing.

Family James, in 2010, citizenship: America. Ancestors: American Indians, Chinese, Dutch, English, Filipino, German, Irish, Japanese, Prussians. Languages: English, French, Pidgin English (a mixture of English, Hawaiian, Chinese, Japanese and Filipino.) Live in New York.