Hailun Ma - Boy and Horse, 2025

Inkjet print on Hahnemühle Baryta Pearl paper
59,4 × 42 cm
Edition of 10+2AP
Signed and numbered on a separate label

About the work
Moving between the staged and the spontaneous, Ma’s images reveal how people present themselves, and how culture is worn, shared, and reimagined.
Ma’s work allows the images to speak before they are explained. Through her vibrant portraits, she has brought global attention to the style subcultures of ethnic minority and multicultural communities in contemporary China—bridging local identity and global fashion culture.
"This image originally came from an editorial pitch inspired by the everyday men I encounter in Xinjiang. I was interested in portraying masculinity through the people, gestures, and relationships that feel familiar to me, rather than through a conventional idea of the “masculine.” The closeness between the boy and the horse came from that exploration."

About the artist
Hailun Ma is one of the most influential emerging photographers in China among the new generation. She has already appeared in nearly a dozen individual and group exhibitions in various venues, from New York to Miami to Mumbai and her native China. Her work has been featured in many influential publications, including New York Magazine, Vogue, GQ and i-D . In 2024, she was named to the BoF 500 list of global fashion power players, becoming one of the few female visual creators from China to receive this recognition.

About buying this work
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