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06/10/2026

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EXHIBITION ANNOUNCEMENT!

This upcoming Saturday, I’m proud to announce that I have three photographs showcased in “SUMMER’S HOME,” a community artshow + poetry kickback for local q***r and bipoc creatives. Please come through and enjoy the event!

📍 (406 N Queen St.)
🗓️ Saturday, June 13th ⏰ 4 - 7pm (poetry event)
🗓️ Saturday, June 14th ⏰ 12 - 6pm (open gallery viewing)

I’m so happy to share these older pieces to the public; I believe they still say everything now, that I wanted them to say then. Reproduction prints in different sizes are available; DM for more info.

🙏🏽🍵📸✨

From

6/13 readings will be held from 4-5pm. we’ll open the floor for an open mic followed by social/gallery time with dj esoderic on deck

co-curated by huiyin zhou and sara rodrick, this space welcomes all things pastel, soft, dreamy, tender, waves, winds,sweat, heat, memory, nostalgia, (be)longing, yearning, lusting, crushes(???**!!!)

🎟️ suggested donation $5-10 at the door to cover the cost of hosting the space. the remaining proceeds will go to the performers, artists, and organizers

masks required! we keep us safe!

poster design by

huge thanks to our co-sponsers Kundiman South, , , and all the contributing poets and artists

05/17/2026

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Big ups to for the wonderful curation of this years’s Eyes on Main Street. While only able to attend one lecture, we were grateful to have gathered with fellow enthusiasts.

Big ups to ✌🏽 thoroughly enjoyed the insight from the programming.

Looking forward to delving into the work of the other participating photographers, and to next year’s festival.

📷🌞✨

05/12/2026

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This Saturday!

COMMON ROOTS FEST 2026

📍 Durham Central Park Pavilion
🗓️ Saturday, May 16, 2026
⏰ 3:00 PM – 8:00 PM

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Studio ①③ & C. Bay Milin Photography are happy to be returning vendors in this year’s COMMON ROOTS 2026 event, hosted by !

We are participating alongside other featured artists, and will be selling some limited edition photography prints, and various other mixed-media pieces.

Consider coming out to support your local Thai-Am photog, and additional local Asian-American community members in celebration.

Are you interested in learning more about photography, and don’t know where to begin? Have a camera, and want to gain more insight and guidance? This is another perfect opportunity to bend my ear and learn more info about my private sessions and workshops.

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From North Carolina Asian Americans Together’s description:

Our theme, Common Roots, calls to mind the unique journeys and contributions of the many diverse communities across Asian and Pacific Islander diasporas, while highlighting the beauty we create together as we forge connections across backgrounds and generations – just as every individual root of a plant shares in nourishing each leaf and branch, so the entire being thrives.

May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (APAHM) — come celebrate with us at the 5th annual Common Roots Fest! We’ll have Asian artists, a vendor market, performances, food, and more. This event is FREE and welcomes all ages. It will be held outdoors at Durham Central Park from 3pm - 8pm.

🙏🏽📸✨

05/04/2026

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EXHIBITION ANNOUNCEMENT!

This one is for the good people of Mebane,NC.

Now on view, I have six selected works from my series “Thai Time: I’m dreaming for you too” newly installed at

These photos will be on display from now through June. Please invite some friends and family, and enjoy the peaceful intentionality of their tea services.

📍 116 W Clay St. Mebane, NC 27302
🗓️ Friday May - June, 2026
⏰ Tuesday-Friday: 11 AM - 6 PM
Saturday: 10 AM - 6 PM
Sunday: 11 AM - 5 PM
Monday: Closed

I’m grateful to share these pieces to those who are curious about slowing down, enjoying loose leaf teas, and seeking connection through community.

Reproduction prints in different sizes are available; DM for more info.

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🍃 From their site:

“At Flight we value connection. It is our vision to create a space where people can come together to relax and experience the joy of tea, and the love and community that comes with every cup.

Tea has the incredible power to bring us in touch with ourselves and those around us. Considering the busy world we live in, we believe it is all the more important to slow down and focus on what is happening in the now.”

04/30/2026

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we lean headlong into the wind,
the soft shadows sway back
and forth.

flexing a creative muscle
long dormant, releasing
that stride,

that deep feeling of
home and calm and being ready
for everything to follow.

see you all in the
glimmers.

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many thanks to for organizing the recent durham photowalk hosted by

it was wonderful to remember how to do this thing on the fly ,and in the good company of so many shutterbugs.

thank you for the conversation to those i met, and for being to shy in the moment, i’d still love to meet all the durham-based photogs that found the courage to attend.

i’m looking to put together a little photo gathering in the area soon, with a focus on starting work and being accountable as creative. lemme know if this interests you, and in the meantime keep up the good work!

🌞📸✨✌🏽

04/27/2026

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So many thank you’s to everyone who experienced my work at the recent “The Durham Artist Archive Exhibition”

Big ups to .artlab and for their ongoing Sixpence Art Series, held on select weekends throughout April at 📍 104 W Parrish St., Durham, NC.

It was an honor to show with notable Durham artists.

📸✨✌🏽

04/21/2026

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I was so pleased at the amazing turnout for the this year’s Southeast Asian Solar New Year event, hosted by 🚚😋

Thank you to all those who came by to talk photography and culture, and share your stories; it was a memorable and special day.

If you weren’t able to make it out, and were interested in developing your photography practice, contact me anytime for more info on private and small group workshop sessions.

Until the next SNY, sawasdee bpii mai!

🌞📸🙏🏽💦

04/14/2026

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EXHIBITION ANNOUNCEMENT!

I’m happy to share that I’ll have two pieces in the upcoming “The Durham Artist Archive Exhibition,” a multifaceted rolling group exhibition/experience curated by .artlab & many thanks for the careful and notable effort all around!

Though these works will be on display for a limited time, it’s an honor to be included alongside this group of notable Durham artists. Come through with friends and family, and expand your world this Friday!

📍 104 W Parrish St., Durham, NC
🗓️ Opening reception, Friday April 17th, 2026
⏰ 6:00pm - 8:00pm
(also on view through Sunday, April 19th, 2026)

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from :

“The Durham AAlyssahive Exhibition brings the podcast off the air and onto the walls.

Featuring artists interviewed on the Durham Artist Archive, this show invites audiences to step inside the stories they’ve heard and experience the work up close.

What began as conversations about creative practice and Durham’s evolution now expands into a shared visual encounter.

Whether you’re a longtime listener or new to the archive, this exhibition offers a chance to see the city through the hands, materials, and imagination of the artists shaping it.”

For more information and RSVP, hit up the link in bio!

04/09/2026

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This Sunday!

SE ASIAN SOLAR NEW YEAR 2026 ✨🙏🏽🌞

📍 Durham Central Park
🗓️ Sunday April 12th, 2026
⏰ Noon - 4:00pm

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Join C. Bay Milin Photography this upcoming Sunday April 12th, at Durham’s Central Park Pavilion!

We are once again participating in the Southeast Asian Solar New Year event, hosted by ! I will be one of the featured artists representing Studio ①③, selling some limited edition photography prints, and various other mixed-media pieces.

Are you interested in learning more about photography, and don’t know where to begin? Have a camera, and want to gain more insight and guidance? This is a perfect opportunity to come out to meet, bend my ear, and find out about my private sessions.

Please come by to support your local Thai-Am photog, and your local Southeast Asian-American community in celebration.

From Lao Lao’s description:

The Solar New Year is a celebration by South & Southeast Asian countries to mark the beginning of the solar cycle year. In Laotian culture it is referred to as Pi Mai and is celebrated at the same time as the new year celebrations of many countries in South Asia such as Bangladesh, Cambodia, China (Dai People of Yunnan Province), India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Sri Lanka.

In Laos, the festival lasts for three days around April 14th - 16th. The first day is the last day of the old year; Lao people traditionally make their homes and spaces clean. The second day of the festival is the “day of no year”, a day that falls in neither the old year or the new year. The last day of the festival marks the start of the new year.

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04/02/2026

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exhibition announcement!

i’m happy to share that i have three pieces from the series, “Down Through, To The Marrow (2025),” showcased in “Flee Market” a group exhibition curated by .irwinn

this collection of artwork is now on view (April 1st - 29th, 2026) on location at - Mary Schmidt Campbell Center for Innovation & the Arts, Atlanta, GA.

big ups and thanks to .irwinn for the consideration and inclusion into this curatorial project.

🙏🏽📸🐝🌚✨

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Durham, NC
27701

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