Describing herself as a “professional noticer,” Sirui Ma is a London-based photographer whose practice explores the beauty of the mundane. Born in Beijing and subsequently raised in London and New York, Ma’s images gently probe her experiences of living in the West through a multicultural lens, broaching topics of presence and community. Captured over the…
Kobe Bryant, 2015 As I sat on the plane from London to LA I couldn’t stop wondering why I’d been commissioned to shoot Kobe. I kept thinking: surely there’s someone in LA who would do a better job than me and cost considerably less in travel. As those thoughts played on my mind, I took…
Tunis 2024 We didn’t speak the same language but we didn’t need to. He played record after record, sat in his chair smoking cigarettes, flicking his hand and tapping his foot to the beat. There was something warm about this place, this man, this moment. In a city I’d never seen, surrounded by the history…
I was meeting the Mediterranean sea once again after the lockdown. Just the car, the camping gas, and the camera – I really needed it. I was a little bit worried about where to sleep: The Costa Brava is always popular with tourists and the police are always looking for wild campers. But to my…