The New York Times: Keeping Love Close
What does love look like in a time of hate?
Asian and Asian American photographers respond.
“Love looks like this to me: My cross-cultural family members’ radical embracing of one another, like making a home in a foreign land, like our unique traditions that combine southern Cajun and Thai practices, like a tray of spicy boiled crawfish, like my dad taking delicate care of his makrut lime tree used to make Panang curry, like a sack of pecans picked from my Uncle Spyder’s yard, like my Aunt Natana and her blooming azaleas in the spring, like Louisiana oaks adorned with Spanish moss and golden light, like my dad’s endless photographs from the ’70s and ’80s that we salvaged after Hurricane Katrina, like my mom and dad dancing on the back porch after 50 years of marriage, going strong.”
-Jade Thiraswas
2021
What does love look like in a time of hate?
Asian and Asian American photographers respond.
“Love looks like this to me: My cross-cultural family members’ radical embracing of one another, like making a home in a foreign land, like our unique traditions that combine southern Cajun and Thai practices, like a tray of spicy boiled crawfish, like my dad taking delicate care of his makrut lime tree used to make Panang curry, like a sack of pecans picked from my Uncle Spyder’s yard, like my Aunt Natana and her blooming azaleas in the spring, like Louisiana oaks adorned with Spanish moss and golden light, like my dad’s endless photographs from the ’70s and ’80s that we salvaged after Hurricane Katrina, like my mom and dad dancing on the back porch after 50 years of marriage, going strong.”
-Jade Thiraswas
2021