Photo: “It’s just really nostalgic since it’s picturing multiple generations of my family from when I was young. I saw it sitting in my aunt’s house last month on the day of my grandmother’s funeral so it just seemed like a fitting one.”
Text: “I read Joy Luck Club when I was very young—actually randomly picked up secondhand copy in Taiwan when I was like twelve. The stories of the mothers and the daughters weren’t very similar to my family, but the idea of having to listen to your family while also staying true to yourself resonated with me.”