About the Book

FAR–NEAR is a cross-cultural book series and platform that broadens perspectives of Asia through image, person, idea and history to unlearn the inherent dominative mode.

The Asian continent and its people have often been seen through a foreign eye–painted as “the other” to a Western audience. Extending beyond the Far East, FAR–NEAR features voices from Japan to Iran and just about everywhere in between.

Featured Artists

Fatima Al Qadiri
Urna Chahar-Tugchi
Anne Anlin Cheng
Tseng Kwong Chi
Ayse Erkemen
Hitoshi Fugo
Ibrahem Hasan
Takashi Homma
Eikoh Hosoe
Tatsumi Hijikata
Shoko Hashimoto
Kikuji Kawada
Porochista Khakpour

Hassan Kurbanbaev
Pixy Liao
Trinh T. Minh-ha
Miko Revereza
Keiko Nomura
Tuan Andrew Nguyen
9m88
Shintaro Sakamoto
Nick Sethi
Ashish Shah
Slavs and Tatars
Rirkrit Tiravanija
Wednesday Campanella

Kary Kwok
Taysir Batniji
The Beijing Opera
AC-bu
Fish Zhang
Alex Zhang Hungtai
Hu Yang
Yoko Yamanaka
Matthew Wong
Queer Reads Library
Sirkhane DARKROOM
Zarina
Zhang Huan

Contributors

Amalia
Alexander Anufriev
Anchi Lin [Ciwas Tahos]
Anum Asi
Ayoto Ataraxia
Keisuke Asano
Hripsime & Serko Artinian
Timur Azimov
Lara Atallah
Tess Ayano
Vince Aung
Gary Bardizbanian
Kerem Ozan Bayraktar
Bella Carlos
Bint 3adel
Paul Bui
Wen-You Cai
Angela Carbone
Cheyna Carr
Macy Castañeda-Lee
Century Contemporary Dance Company
Lucinda Chua
Yuhan Cheng
Kent Chan
Serena Chang
Chiao Chen
Mary Chen
Sunny Taiyang Chen
Tiffany Jaeyeon Chen
Alex Huanfa Cheng
Jennifer Cheng
Vivian Chuang
Thaddé Comar
Commission
Emman Debattista
Jenny Dorsey
Enji Erkhem
Toshikatsu Endo
Yuri Eury
Rasti Farooq
Liberto Fillo
Brian Foo
Rob Frogoso
Chris Fussner (Tropical Futures)
Mike Fu
Anna Furman
Chris Habana
Riya Hamid
Dmitriy Hashhayan
Shoko Hashimoto
Keenan Havens
Ziyu He
Kim Ho
Weishan Hu
Lynn Huynh and her mother Van On
Nhu Xuan Hua
Miyuki Hyodo
Luisa Igloria
Kaishu Iida
Momo Ikeda
Mayumo Inoue
Saru Jadid
Pouran Jinchi

Brian Kanagaki
Taikou Kaneda
Maazin Kamal
Lin King
Seulgi Lee Kang
Olive Kimoto
Christina Yuna Ko
Brendan George Ko
Cynthia Koppe
Lisa Kwon
Elinor Kry
Meiling Kry
Hassan Kurbanbaev
Tomihiro Kono
Kenneth Lam
Phạm Ngọc Lân
Tirtha Lawati
Alex Lee
Coral Lee
Peter Ash Lee
Vivien Lee
Won Woo Lee
Joon Oluchi Lee
Elizabeth Gabrielle Lee
Kamin Lertchaiprasert
Charmaine Li
Richard Licha
Danny Lim
Isabel Ling
Anan Lin
Angela Lin
Cece Liu
Thai Lu
Johnson Lui
Sha Luo
Akihiro Miwa
Alicia Mersy
Sayaka Maruyama
Sophio Medoidze
Alicia Mersy
Dan McMahon
Zumrad Mirzalieva
Ali Monis Naqvi
Anna Miyoshi
Saburo Muraoka
Joji Nakamura
Nicole Ngai
Lucka Ngo
Vân-Nhi Nguyễn
Quyên Nguyễn-Hoàng
Moe Nishiyama
Den Niwa
Ciana Nkuruh
Nonaka Hill Gallery
Lindsey Okubo
Maryam Omidi
Keith Oshiro
Juri Onuki
Xiangjie Peng
Clara Peh
Yu Peng
Karolyn Pho
Clémence Vina Polès

Burin Pong
Ayesha Raees
Samar Rajput
Sahrish Rahman
Nugie Rian
Kamila Rustambekova
James J Robinson
Dayun Ryu
Daleen Saah
Abu Maen Safadi
Ivan Salinero
CJ Salapare
Yumiko Sakuma
Dan San
Saturn
Mona Saudi
Sreshtha Sen
Iise Seoul
Leslie Shang
Motoyuki Shitamichi
Bogdan Shirokov
Richie Shazam
Kim Shui
Dorothy Sing Zhang
Shripad Sinnakaar
Junshin Soga
Michal Solarski
Ashley Soong
Neo Sora
Apoorva Tadepalli
Ai Takahashi
Natsumi Takahashi
Ayae Takisa
Hiroshi Takizawa
Lisa Tanimura
Richie Talboy
Irene Tang
Carlos Runcie Tanaka
Róisín Tapponi
Victor Tate
Akira Tatehata
Ma Thanegi
Coco Chi Ting Tin
Andrea Torres
Josef Tumari
Camily Tsai
Chinchakriya Un
Vivek Vadoliya
David Ai Wang
Rachel Be-Yun Wang
Jorge Wieneke
Us Warman
Mia Winther-Tamaki
Justin Wong
Jiji Wong
Xiao Yumi w/ Wang Da
Qin Xione
Alice Yang
Yaikhom Sushiel
Yuan Yao
Christina Yuna Ko
Han Cheng Zhen
Mimi Zhu

Team

Founding Editor and Artistic Director

Lulu Yao Gioiello

Senior Editor

Ariana King

Fashion Contributor & Special Products

Raiheth Rawla

Contributing Illustrator

Urara Muramatsu

Brand Sponsors and Partnerships

Hope Nguyen

Past Interns

Caroline Der, Zuya Yang

Financial Disclosure

We are an entirely self-funded platform operating without advertising or external investments. Our founder commits to a personal financial deficit each year with our small team working diligently outside of their day jobs to deliver the highest quality annually-printed books, online editorials, anti-racism newsletters, charitable fundraisers, music playlists and social media to our community. While we do our best to respect and compensate our collaborators, whether through copies of the book, production or other forms of support, please consider this before submitting work or reaching out to us.

You can support us by purchasing our books, subscribing to our book club and volunteering or contributing tax-exempt donations via our fiscal sponsor The Field. We also accept Venmo at @far-near (not tax exempt). We appreciate your consideration and contribution!

Stockists

America

New York

Printed Matter
The Thomas J. Watson Library at The Met
School of Visual Arts Library
International Center for Photography

Brooklyn

Artbook at MoMA PS1
McNally Jackson Books
Spoonbill & Sugartown
Quimby’s Bookstore
Greenlight Bookstore
Head Hi
Dear Friend Books
Ashya

Detroit
Olu and Company

Chicago
Quimby’s Chicago

San Francisco
Heath Newsstand

Minneapolis
Walker Art Center

Los Angeles
Baboshop

Raleigh
Feature Flora

Portland (Oregon)
Chess Club
Bold Magazine Shop

Toronto
Art Metropole

Asia

Seoul
Datz Press
Warped Shop
The Book Society
Treelikeswater

Tokyo
Home Planet
Hi Bridge Books
Ginza Tsutaya
Loneliness Books
Wagamama Books
On Sundays (Watari-um Museum of Art)

Taipei
Bleu + Book
Phyllshin Books

Bangkok
Vacilando Books

Dubai
The Third Line Gallery
Fully Booked

Europe

EU & UK Distribution
Antenne Books

Paris
Librairie Yvon Lambert
Ofr Paris
After 8 Books

London
Twos Care
Art Words
ICA
Pavilion Press

Bergen (Norway)
Hordaland Kunstsenter

Press

Featured in

i-D (Asia, US and UK divisions), Nowness Asia, GQ.com, The Cut, Modern Weekly China, King Kong Magazine, Document Journal, Gal-dem Mag, Metal Magazine, Flaunt Magazine, Hero Magazine, It’s Nice That, Self Publish Be Happy, Office Magazine and Sukeban Magazine.

Brand Partnerships and Submissions

Please visit our submissions page for guidelines and contact information.