Women who had their feet bound as children in rural China photographed by Hong Kong-based Jo Farrell Practice, also called lotus feet, was a symbol of beauty and status and was started when girls ...

Foot binding, the practice of crushing young women's feet into tiny "lotus" feet, was widespread in China for nearly a thousand years. Long seen as a crucial way for women to elevate their status ...

Immediately after the party, the girl's mother bound her feet. Most Chinese people have shown little interest in Farrell's work. The practice of foot binding is something most would prefer to forget.