ABOUT
Kiliii Yuyan is an indigenous Nanai/Hézhè photographer and journalist whose award-winning work has been published by The Nature Conservancy, Pacific Standard, Der Spiegel, National Geographic Traveler China, and exhibited worldwide. On assignment, he has fled collapsing sea ice, weathered botulism from fermented whale blood, and found kinship at the edges of the world. He is based in Seattle.
Kiliii’s mission is to understand and promote the lessons of minority and subsistence cultures– especially those who live close to the land. Against a backdrop of ecological upheaval, Kiliii shows us the essential connection to nature that has kept traditional cultures alive for millennia. His work presents an alternative vision of humanity’s greatest treasures– community, culture and the earth.

photos: Addie Asbridge
Selected Press
Awards
- National Geographic China 2017, Greatest Photographs of 2017
- PDN World in Focus 2017, 1st Place, Photo Essay
- PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris, Gold, Press
- Critical Mass 2017, Top 50
- Center Santa Fe Review, Selection
- PDN Photo Annual 2017, Personal Work
- International Photography Awards 2017, Silver, Deeper Perspective
- Communication Arts Annual 2017, Multimedia
- Sienna International Photo Awards 2017, HM, Editorial
- International Photographer of the Year 2016, Silver, Editorial
- Sony World Photo Awards 2016, Shortlist, Still Life
- PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris 2015, HM, Press
- International Photography Awards 2015, HM, Feature Story, Portrait
- Communication Arts Annual 2015, Stock
- International Photography Awards 2013, HM, Conceptual
Exhibitions
- 2017, Anthropocene, Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council, Seattle, USA
- 2017, Ambient Landscapes, Feature Shoot / Black Eye Gallery, Group Exhibition, Darlinghurst, Australia
- 2017, The Land, theprintspace Gallery, Group Exhibition, London, United Kingdom