To close our community-wide exploration of Water, members of the Kinship community shared what they have gleaned from engaging with this element. From the physical states of water, to the metaphors within the water cycle, and celebrating the beauty and power of water, the work developed over this elemental season brought us into the depths of Water.

Halfway through our elemental season of Water, the Kinship community participated in an invitation to share what they have been exploring in their own practice while contemplating this element. During this gathering, members shared images and brief stories that illuminated themes of beauty, ecology, advocacy, sensation, metaphor, and transformation. This gallery shares some of the images presented as a part of this gathering.

Members of the Kinship community responded to a call to share their Water Stories as a way to begin our collective exploration of the element of Water. Images and stories were presented during a community gathering on October 1st and a rich discussion about the relationships that we all have with water followed. This gallery brings together some of the images from that gathering.

Fire remains wild, increasingly so today, but its domestication changed the course of human evolution. If fire speaks, what is it saying to us, especially in an era of climate breakdown and mass extinction? How can photography help us keep and tend to our elemental relations with this element with care? In what ways do the many manifestations of fire bring us in closer relationship with our earthly kin? And how might our photography practices inspire us to sustain our own internal fires as darkness descends? The Kinship community spent a season pondering these questions and our relationship with Fire through the practice of photography. At the end of the season, we came together in celebration and sharing of what we have learned through this element.