MAIO — Manifest Asian Intellectuals and Originals — is a Paris-based indie print magazine for Asian creatives, edited by May. Photography for the cover and How many of us does it take to —, the first editorial of Issue 01, "Make It Work": Asian girls moving through Parisian streets, shot outdoors on flash, tracing presence, distance and collectivity, identity left fluid and unresolved rather than pinned down.

Credits

Editor in Chief & Creative Direction — Hyewoon Yun (@hyewoonmay)
Photography — Elliot Gaillardon
Looks — @gounlj, @eugeneohparis

Launch

Café ODE, June 2026
A handful of images from the "Make It Work" celebration marking Issue 01's release.

MAIO Issue 01 is available online and in-store at Cahier Central.