Shot across various locations around the world, this selection of works captures the multiplicities of kinship through the outlook of Asian heritage photographers of varying genders, identities, and lived experiences. As we walk by these images, precious moments and candid displays of intimacy greet us at every turn. Each photograph invites a radical revisioning and perspective largely unconsidered of Asian communities living within and outside the West. 

In Kin, the message is clear. Closeness and kinship are the collectively nourishing forces that sustain community; the joy and forgotten histories of trans communities in Beirut are archived in Mohamad Abdouni’s images; celebration takes centre stage in Sami Kimberley’s photos of the London-based football team for women, trans and non-binary people of Asian heritage, Baesianz FC; tenderness, youth and soul are championed in Hidhir Badaruddin’s reframing of queer masculinity.

To celebrate the release of Stanley, the new EP by Rainbow Chan, we caught up with the musician to gain a deeper understanding of the stories told in each track—family dynamics, love, loss, belonging and Rainbow's relationship to her hometown of Hong Kong, a city frozen in childhood memories. Full interview here.

Stretching from the Black Sea to the Korean Peninsula, the Silk Road was an ancient trade route along which flowed silks, spices, gold, jade, teachings and technologies.

Tales from the Silk Road brings together 13 stories by Asian filmmakers with the aim to trade beauty and exchange knowledge in the form of film. All of the films are still avaialble to watch at nowness.asia