Kiliii Yuyan Photographer

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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

The Photographic Journal. Interview. By Lou Noble.
Lens Culture. Unbroken Lineage: The Keeper of Knowledge. By Gina Williams.
The Week: Captured Blog. Living Primitively. By Loren Talbot.
World Photo Organization. Remarkable images from the wild edges of our world. By Matthew Oxley.
Feature Shoot. Living Wild with 21st Century Hunter-Gatherers. By Alice Zoo.

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