Documenting gatherings and initiatives toward more equitable futures.​​​​​​​
Hello, I'm JY Mak (they/she), a documentary photographer prioritising commissions and collaborations centring climate, health and racial justice.
Beyond the camera, I work at the intersection of behavioural science, design, and technology, as an enabler for responsible innovation in healthcare and healing justice.
I co-produce events such as nature walks and healing circles to facilitate QTBIPOC folks in connecting and supporting each other, as well as developing community-based approaches to archiving and knowledge-sharing.
Commissions & Features


British Vogue | Forces for Change: How ESEA Sisters Found Community Amid A Wave Of Anti-Asian Hate

Father/Daughter Records | mui zyu East Asia Tour - Clockenflap Music Festival

The Common Press | Book Launch for The Mollusc Dimension's autobiographical memoir "The Weird & Wonderful Surviveries of Squid Horse"

The Black, African and Asian Therapy Network | Launch of "Transforming Race Conversations: A Healing Guide for Us All"

ESEA Sisters in Nature | Surrey Three Peaks community fundraiser

Anamot Press | "In the Back of My Throat" Anthology Launch at Brixton Library

The Coast is Queer | Poetic Nature Walk: Strolling in Language, in collaboration with Anamot Press, Tilted Axis Press and ESEA Sisters

An Viet Archives | Archive Lab: “How do we remember” as part of the ESEA Community Centre’s Creative Workshops Programme 

Museum of the Home | Uncovering Vietnamese Archives with Resident Artist Dora Lam

Trippin | ESEA Sisters on How Water Can Connect Us Spiritually

ESEA Sisters | 2022 Summer Festival & Fundraiser

Southbank Centre | Joyride: A Night of Revelry

TOKEN Magazine | Tales from the City: Launch Party at Isla Ray

Swilipino | Sunday Brunch: Popup at MNTD

Bow Arts | Second Nature: Imagining Climate Futures with Green Lions

gal-dem | 12 POC-run supper clubs you need to join in 2023

ESEA Life Drawing | Debut Session at Peckham Levels

RebelStudio | Osteopathy Offering

Small Tune Press | Zinesters Gathering

Studio Voltaire | Looking Out: Looking In, A Weekend of Sharing & Caring with Zine Coop

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