Six years ago, a Beijing photographer suggested she take an art photo session. "I have never thought there is anything vulgar about the art of nude, so I willingly took off my clothes." In the following years, Hai Rong successively took some nude art photos, some of which were placed on the Internet, including on Hexun.com and BZnet.com.cn. These photos involved her in much controversy: some people thought that she had lost the bottom line of shame, some said that she was treading the thin line between art and pornography, but others expressed support for her.
"I am not a frantic pursuer of passionate underwear; conversely I am a thorough nudist ... Contact with passionate underwear arose out of many helplessnesses regarding the expression of nudity," she said.