From fashion shoots to photojournalism, the subject in front of the camera is typically someone the photographer knows professionally or not at all. In this exhibition, however, affinity is a must. The six series featured here are based on a deep kinship between artist and subject, even though kinship is interpreted differently by each photographer. For Paul Mpagi Sepuya, kinship means exploring representations of queerness through portraiture. Jarod Lew, a Chinese-American artist, photographs other first-generation Asian Americans grappling with generational and cultural differences. Mercedes Dorame’s subject is not a person at all, but rather the native land of her Gabrielino-Tongva ancestors. —Paulina Prosnitz