HANNAH COLEN

After a Lunar New Year dinner together, we talked about how seeing each other felt like finally exhaling after holding our breath too long. Over shared food and conversation, there was comfort in being understood without needing to explain.

Sitting in a shared stillness; intertwined. There was ease in the way we were able to hold one another.

A queer, Korean-American photographer and multidisciplinary artist, Hannah Colen's work observes the modern world through the "female gaze." In 2019, she introduced a trauma-informed paradigm into her own practice, in preparation for her Tender series and other intimate projects. Outside of portraiture, she's passionate about detailed, documentary-style photography and uplifting marginalized voices.