As the Jimei x Arles International Photo Festival kicks off in Xiamen, China, AnOther speaks with five photographers about their work, which unpicks ideas around gender, capitalism, family and much more
“The way I see photography is not only as a medium but also as a profoundly personal and emotional experience,” says London-based photographer Greg Lin Jiajie, alluding to his seriesLongyan in China’s Fujian province, thewas created with his identical twin brother as a way to resolve past experiences and access a new intimacy.
“Growing up I was constantly compared with my brother, tired of being ‘one of the two’, I was desperate for a way out to carve my own identity,” says Greg. “At 16, I journeyed solo to New Zealand, and after years of separation I found the independence I was seeking. Realising it cost me our relationship,is an attempt to reconnect and mend some of the fences.
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