Adam is from South Alabama and moved to Boston in 2017. He is an affiliated faculty member at Emerson College, teaching film & photography. His primary art forms are video production and photography, focusing on themes such as personal identity, cultural displacement, and 20th century Americana. His most recent work, Southern Voices, was showcased at Emerson Contemporary as part of Threads Undone. Translated Poem: lovers in the field>>

Andrew was born in Liberia and moved to the US when he was nine years old. Photography was not always part his life, but art was. He accidentally switched to photography his sophomore year of high school when drawing couldn’t fit in his schedule. Photography quickly became his passion. He is currently studying at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University as a combined-degree student. Translated Poem: JACKIE

The struggle of finding beauty in the world nurtured Kenia's relationship with photography. The harsh existence that entails coming from a low-income, Central-American background in this country meant that she had to find solace in a world that didn't exist. The dream of living truthfully, safely, and freely manifests within her art. She is grateful that Somerville happened to be the place her family called home, as she has been able to find pockets of a better world throughout the city's corners. The first in her family to go to college, Kenia hopes to continue using her imagination and story to resist and bring joy to her communities. Translated Poem: Black Mirror

Paul aims to highlight the supernatural in everyday occurrences. Whether photographing people or nature, Paul examines each angle to uncover what makes the mundane and ordinary more special than upon the first view. Paul draws inspiration from his multicultural background and uses juxtapositions to find interesting complementary pairs. Translated Poem: Cat in the Church

Wandy is a photographer and architectural designer whose work engages with issues of agency, autonomy, and place. As an architectural designer, she is interested in the ways housing design and policy come together to shape global urban landscapes. This inquiry led to her current role as the Housing Innovation Design Fellow, a position co-hosted by the Boston Society for Architecture and the City of Boston’s Housing Innovation Lab.

As a photographer, Wandy creates images that honor the art of emotional processing. Through portraiture, she creates conceptual photographs often set in natural landscapes to help tell the stories of what it means to be human. Her work has been featured in shows such as Massachusetts College of Art and Design’s “Yeah I'm Doing Great” (2021), and Where Are the Black Designer’s 2021 Virtual Exhibition. Translated Poem: Prism

Xudong was born in Shanghai. Before coming to the United States, he worked as a documentary director at Shanghai TV Station for more than six years, producing more than 100 short documentaries for entrepreneurs, artists, workers, students, and the like. He sought stories from everyday life of ordinary people. Stories from all walks of life became his inspiration and convinced him that even the most ordinary characters deserve attention.

Xudong is also color blind. Because he is not sensitive to colors, the scene with pure and bright colors is more likely to get his attention. His photos pay close attention to the locations with pure and high saturation colors. This experience supports him in expressing his feeling about the surrounding world uniquely. Translated Poem: Merriam-Webster and I disagree