At its heart, A-Ma is a portrait of Ethan Lan’s grandmother, created in the aftermath of his grandfather’s passing after sixty years of marriage. What begins as a family archive unfolds into a meditation on memory, resilience, and enduring love.

At once deeply personal and universally resonant, A-Ma is both a family archive and a meditation on resilience. Guided by a language of closeness, Lan’s photographs move beyond documentation. They become acts of listening—glimpses into the unspoken bonds between generations, the fragility of memory, and the enduring traces of love.

With A-Ma, Ethan Lan’s debut artist book, both the story and craft are celebrated – where the book itself becomes part of the story, bound, trimmed, and finished by hand.

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