The Tamesis
The group brings together artists who question fixed ideas of gender, identity and kinship through a queer lens grounded in lived experience. The projects span fashion photography, documentary, staged imagery and intimate storytelling, exploring how gender and belonging are constructed, performed and felt in everyday life.
These works transcend binary definitions and foreground selected homes, domestic spaces, tenderness and shared rituals as central sites of care and representation. Together, they imagine a queer world in which bodies, roles, and relationships remain open, fluid, and constantly redefined, and visibility functions to affirm rather than classify.
About Lin Hanjun
Adam Lin is a Taiwanese-born photographer and visual artist currently living in London. His work explores intimacy, masculinity, queerness, tradition and cross-cultural identity through portraiture, fashion and documentary photography. He holds an MFA from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design; his work has been featured in WePresent, AnOther Magazine and It’s Nice That, among others.
About Leila Annmarie Stevens
Laila Anmarie Stevens (b. 2001) is a Black queer photographer and visual artist who was born and raised in South Jamaica, Queens, NY and now lives in Brooklyn, NY. She holds a BA in Photography and Related Media from the Fashion Institute of Technology. Their work offers a raw and intimate perspective that redefines traditional family structures through contemporary community kinship.
About Roxana Rios
Roxana completed a dual study in the classes of Heidi Specker and Juergen Teller. After graduating in 2020, Roxana joined Isabel Lewis’s class and received her diploma in July 2023. Roxana’s work has been exhibited at Folkwang Museum, MdBK, Museum of Photography Winterthur and Deichtorhallen, and she is the winner of the German Contemporary Photography Prize 2024. In 2025, Roxana was selected as a future talent.
Moderator
About Jordan Anderson
Born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica, Jordan Anderson is a Milan-based cultural strategist, creative director and writer working at the intersection of fashion, media and contemporary culture. His work critically explores the political and social dimensions of the fashion and art industries, with a particular focus on race, gender, identity, and cultural and brand ethics. Anderson is the founder of My Queer Blackness, My Black Queerness (MQBMBQ), an interdisciplinary platform that examines Black queer identity through fashion, music, art and wider creative practice. He has over eight years of experience with leading international publications, cultural institutions and private membership organizations, specializing in shaping cultural narratives, developing programming and advising brands and institutions on meaningful and responsible cultural engagement. His writing and editing articles have appeared in publications including Vogue Italia, Style Magazine, Harper’s Bazaar, Document Journal, A Magazine Curated By and nss magazine.
