A 73-year-old senior who lives in the Shanghai Yangpu Community Nursing Home has his photo taken while imitating the subject in
Girl with A Pearl Earring. [Photo provided to China Daily]
A video of senior citizens imitating characters in famous paintings has gone viral on short-video platform Douyin.
In the videos, the 10 seniors, who reside in the Shanghai Yangpu Community Nursing Home, dressed up and posed as characters in paintings such as Girl with a Pearl Earring and The Scream. A professional photographer who was invited by the nursing home helped take the photos.
A senior who lives in the Shanghai Yangpu Community Nursing Home has her photo taken while imitating the subject in
The Scream. [Photo provided to China Daily]
"We have seen a lot of interesting content on Douyin, but it seems that it is little high-quality content related to the elderly," said Qiao Yihao, director of the Yangpu Community Nursing Home.
"Since many of the elderly in our nursing home are very expressive and creative, we hoped to showcase their life in the form of short videos and change stereotypes of the elderly in nursing homes."
Qiao added that many residents of the nursing home know how to use Douyin and have been recording videos of themselves dancing and singing.
A senior who lives in the Shanghai Yangpu Community Nursing Home has her photo taken while imitating the subject in
Lady with an Ermine. [Photo provided to China Daily]
Seniors living in the Shanghai Yangpu Community Nursing Home have their photo taken by a professional photographer. [Photo provided to China Daily]
A senior who lives in the Shanghai Yangpu Community Nursing Home has her photo taken while imitating Frida Khalo in one of her self portraits. [Photo provided to China Daily]
Seniors living in the Shanghai Yangpu Community Nursing Home have their photo taken by a professional photographer. [Photo provided to China Daily]
A senior who lives in the Shanghai Yangpu Community Nursing Home has her photo taken while imitating the subject in
Enfant tressant une couronne. [Photo provided to China Daily]
A senior who lives in the Shanghai Yangpu Community Nursing Home has her photo taken while imitating the subject in
Doctor Paul Gachet. [Photo provided to China Daily]
