SELECT 
  q_images.*, 
  q_images_links.*, 
  q_common_descriptions.description AS alt, 
  q_images.image_id AS images_image_id 
FROM 
  q_images_links 
  LEFT JOIN q_images ON q_images_links.image_id = q_images.image_id 
  LEFT JOIN q_common_descriptions ON q_common_descriptions.object_id = q_images.image_id 
  AND q_common_descriptions.object_holder = 'images' 
  AND q_common_descriptions.lang_code = 'en' 
WHERE 
  q_images_links.object_type = 'product' 
  AND q_images_links.type = 'A' 
  AND q_images_links.object_id IN (
    '8637', '8638', '8639', '8640', '8641', 
    '8642', '8643', '8644', '8645', '8646', 
    '8647', '8648', '8649', '8650', '8651', 
    '8652'
  ) 
ORDER BY 
  q_images_links.position, 
  q_images_links.pair_id

Query time 0.00126

JSON explain

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    "select_id": 1,
    "cost_info": {
      "query_cost": "131.21"
    },
    "ordering_operation": {
      "using_filesort": true,
      "cost_info": {
        "sort_cost": "24.00"
      },
      "nested_loop": [
        {
          "table": {
            "table_name": "q_images_links",
            "access_type": "range",
            "possible_keys": [
              "object_id"
            ],
            "key": "object_id",
            "used_key_parts": [
              "object_id",
              "object_type",
              "type"
            ],
            "key_length": "81",
            "rows_examined_per_scan": 24,
            "rows_produced_per_join": 24,
            "filtered": "100.00",
            "index_condition": "((`portal`.`q_images_links`.`object_type` = 'product') and (`portal`.`q_images_links`.`type` = 'A') and (`portal`.`q_images_links`.`object_id` in ('8637','8638','8639','8640','8641','8642','8643','8644','8645','8646','8647','8648','8649','8650','8651','8652')))",
            "cost_info": {
              "read_cost": "44.81",
              "eval_cost": "4.80",
              "prefix_cost": "49.61",
              "data_read_per_join": "2K"
            },
            "used_columns": [
              "pair_id",
              "object_id",
              "object_type",
              "image_id",
              "detailed_id",
              "type",
              "position"
            ]
          }
        },
        {
          "table": {
            "table_name": "q_images",
            "access_type": "eq_ref",
            "possible_keys": [
              "PRIMARY"
            ],
            "key": "PRIMARY",
            "used_key_parts": [
              "image_id"
            ],
            "key_length": "4",
            "ref": [
              "portal.q_images_links.image_id"
            ],
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            "rows_produced_per_join": 24,
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              "prefix_cost": "78.41",
              "data_read_per_join": "18K"
            },
            "used_columns": [
              "image_id",
              "image_path",
              "image_x",
              "image_y",
              "is_high_res"
            ]
          }
        },
        {
          "table": {
            "table_name": "q_common_descriptions",
            "access_type": "eq_ref",
            "possible_keys": [
              "PRIMARY"
            ],
            "key": "PRIMARY",
            "used_key_parts": [
              "object_id",
              "lang_code",
              "object_holder"
            ],
            "key_length": "107",
            "ref": [
              "portal.q_images.image_id",
              "const",
              "const"
            ],
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            "rows_produced_per_join": 24,
            "filtered": "100.00",
            "cost_info": {
              "read_cost": "24.00",
              "eval_cost": "4.80",
              "prefix_cost": "107.21",
              "data_read_per_join": "14K"
            },
            "used_columns": [
              "object_id",
              "description",
              "lang_code",
              "object_holder"
            ],
            "attached_condition": "<if>(is_not_null_compl(q_common_descriptions), (`portal`.`q_common_descriptions`.`object_id` = `portal`.`q_images`.`image_id`), true)"
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Result

image_id image_path image_x image_y is_high_res pair_id object_id object_type detailed_id type position alt images_image_id
0 18102 8646 product 20064 A 1
0 18099 8646 product 20061 A 2
0 18100 8646 product 20062 A 3
0 18101 8646 product 20063 A 4
0 18086 8641 product 20048 A 10
0 18090 8643 product 20052 A 10
0 18094 8644 product 20056 A 10
0 18096 8645 product 20058 A 10
0 18104 8647 product 20066 A 10
0 18109 8648 product 20071 A 10
0 18113 8649 product 20075 A 10
0 18118 8650 product 20080 A 10
0 18123 8651 product 20085 A 10
0 18125 8652 product 20087 A 10
0 18087 8641 product 20049 A 20
0 18091 8643 product 20053 A 20
0 18097 8645 product 20059 A 20
0 18105 8647 product 20067 A 20
0 18110 8648 product 20072 A 20
0 18114 8649 product 20076 A 20
0 18119 8650 product 20081 A 20
0 18126 8652 product 20088 A 20
0 18092 8643 product 20054 A 30
0 18106 8647 product 20068 A 30
0 18111 8648 product 20073 A 30
0 18115 8649 product 20077 A 30
0 18120 8650 product 20082 A 30
0 18107 8647 product 20069 A 40
0 18116 8649 product 20078 A 40
0 18121 8650 product 20083 A 40