In the southern China boom town of Shenzhen last month, four young women started up their own reporting team for a "shanzhai television station" that spoofs local news and uses a cameratripod fashioned from a fan stand and a toilet plunger.
Gazing toward a hazy bank of clouds, her back turned to us in the manner of a Casper David Friedrich daydreamer, this anonymous diva stands surrounded by truncated plaster columns and lights on stands, as well as a view camera on a tripod.