new york issue 823
Dec 2020
Kris Cheng
New York
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Photographer: Kris Cheng , Location: Mekoryuk, USA , Off the far west coast of Alaska in the Bering Sea lies Nunivak Island, a 1600 square mile remote island of volcanic tundra and coastal cliffs.
Photographer: Kris Cheng , Location: Mekoryuk, USA , Off the far west coast of Alaska in the Bering Sea lies Nunivak Island, a 1600 square mile remote island of volcanic tundra and coastal cliffs.
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Photographer: Kris Cheng , Location: Mekoryuk, USA , First settled over a thousand years ago, the population of the island has fallen sharply from nearly a thousand to two hundred through disease and emigration.
Photographer: Kris Cheng , Location: Mekoryuk, USA , First settled over a thousand years ago, the population of the island has fallen sharply from nearly a thousand to two hundred through disease and emigration.
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Photographer: Kris Cheng , Location: Mekoryuk, USA , Those who remain live in the native Cup’it village of Mekoryuk on the north coast.
Photographer: Kris Cheng , Location: Mekoryuk, USA , Those who remain live in the native Cup’it village of Mekoryuk on the north coast.
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Photographer: Kris Cheng , Location: Mekoryuk, USA
Photographer: Kris Cheng , Location: Mekoryuk, USA
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Photographer: Kris Cheng , Location: Mekoryuk, USA , Residents here persevere through the collision of tradition and modernity on a daily basis.
Photographer: Kris Cheng , Location: Mekoryuk, USA , Residents here persevere through the collision of tradition and modernity on a daily basis.
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Photographer: Kris Cheng , Location: Mekoryuk, USA
Photographer: Kris Cheng , Location: Mekoryuk, USA
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Photographer: Kris Cheng , Location: Mekoryuk, USA , It is one of the last native communities to come under western influence but one that has embraced it more fully than many others.
Photographer: Kris Cheng , Location: Mekoryuk, USA , It is one of the last native communities to come under western influence but one that has embraced it more fully than many others.
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Photographer: Kris Cheng , Location: Mekoryuk, USA , This generation of Cup'ig youth navigates two economically and philosophically divergent cultures.
Photographer: Kris Cheng , Location: Mekoryuk, USA , This generation of Cup'ig youth navigates two economically and philosophically divergent cultures.
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Photographer: Kris Cheng , Location: Mekoryuk, USA
Photographer: Kris Cheng , Location: Mekoryuk, USA
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Photographer: Kris Cheng , Location: Mekoryuk, USA , A tight-knit Christian community combating decades of substance abuse issues, a threatened subsistence lifestyle and unique language, the rapid onset of social media and connected devices.
Photographer: Kris Cheng , Location: Mekoryuk, USA , A tight-knit Christian community combating decades of substance abuse issues, a threatened subsistence lifestyle and unique language, the rapid onset of social media and connected devices.
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Photographer: Kris Cheng , Location: Mekoryuk, USA , Othe issues include severe climate change, emigration in pursuit of opportunity, and a growing reindeer operation that promises wider economic prosperity.
Photographer: Kris Cheng , Location: Mekoryuk, USA , Othe issues include severe climate change, emigration in pursuit of opportunity, and a growing reindeer operation that promises wider economic prosperity.
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Photographer: Kris Cheng , Location: Mekoryuk, USA , As we enter a period of unprecedented change via climate, globalization, and technology, questions of identity and how to navigate these new paradigms have become central to my own journey as a first.
Photographer: Kris Cheng , Location: Mekoryuk, USA , As we enter a period of unprecedented change via climate, globalization, and technology, questions of identity and how to navigate these new paradigms have become central to my own journey as a first.
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Photographer: Kris Cheng , Location: Mekoryuk, USA , The images and portraits were taken during four separate visits as part of a multi-year project.
Photographer: Kris Cheng , Location: Mekoryuk, USA , The images and portraits were taken during four separate visits as part of a multi-year project.
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Welcome to Showcase New York, brought to you by Production Paradise. This issue features some of the leading creatives and companies working out of New York.
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Don't miss our recommended events:
- Tyler Mitchell's photography exhibition I Can Make You Feel Good is as a declaration of joy and presence in these unprecedented times during a global pandemic and the fight for racial justice. Mitchell posits great possibilities for a future of pleasure, power and visibility and asks us to consider what a Black utopia could look like. Until 31st December at ICP.
- Private Lives Public Spaces: 100-screen presentation of virtually unseen, homemade works dating from 1907 to 1991 explores the connections between artist’s cinema, amateur movies, and family filmmaking as alternatives to commercial film production. Staged as an immersive video experience, the exhibition reveals an overlooked history of film from the museum’s archives, providing fresh perspectives on a remarkably rich precursor to the social media of today. Until 21st February 2021 at MoMA, New York.
Our cover image was shot by Kris Cheng.