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HAIQIANG LYU
Haiqiang Lyu is a renowned visual artist specializing in portrait photography that captures the essence of modern Chinese culture. His work bridges Eastern and Western aesthetics, spanning fine art, commercial campaigns, and cultural documentation with a humanistic approach.
Starting his career in Beijing in 2008, Haiqiang quickly became one of China's most influential photographers. He has photographed over 300 notable figures, including Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Ai Weiwei, Lang Lang, Yuan Longping, Yao Ming, Michael Phelps, Tony Blair, and Dominique de Villepin. His commercial clients include Intel, H&M, Adidas, BMW, Breitling, and Under Armour. In 2024, he moved to New York, expanding his creative reach.
His work has appeared in GQ, Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, ELLE, Esquire, Cosmopolitan, and Better Homes & Gardens (Chinese edition). In 2011, he published 肖像 (Portraits), a photography book documenting contemporary Chinese society.
Haiqiang has received numerous accolades, including the 2022 Top Ten Portrait Photographers Award (China) .
NOTABLE SUBJECTS
Lu Nei: Goodbye to All That | Wall Street Journal Magazine China
China Beijing | Jun. 2022
Magical History | Marie Claire
China Beijing | Dec. 2021
Yuppie Ma Yue: Live with History | Better Homes and Gardens
China Beijing | Jun. 2021
Zhao Bandi: Flee Once | Better Homes & Gardens
China Beijing | Spring 2021
Yang Kaisheng: He Walks to the Interior of Hearts | Better Homes & Gardens
China Beijing | Oct. 2020
Wang Wei: The Wanderer of Finance Settles in Museums | Better Homes & Gardens
China Beijing | Aug. 2019
A Woman We Love, Nadine Labaki: I Choose Bravery | Esquire
China Beijing | Jul. 2019
Bittersweet | Cosmopolitan
China Beijing | May 2019
Zhou Yanqi: Atypical Affluent 2ND Generation | Better Homes & Gardens
China Beijing | Dec. 2018
Chu Lanlan: Arrives the New Era of Peking Opera | Better Homes & Gardens
China Beijing | Oct. 2018
Tang Ning: CEO on Air | Better Homes & Gardens
China Beijing | Jun. 2018
Jean Jacques Devileppan: My Family Story | Better Homes & Gardens
China Beijing | Aug. 2018
Feature: Reading Changes Life | Harper’s Bazaar
China Beijing | Apr. 2018
Merxat Yalkun: Actors are Chameleons | Esquire
China Beijing | Oct. 2017
Zhang Qiang: My Talent Lies in My Appreciation and Judgment of Music | Esquire
China Beijing | May 2017
Shin: Fast Songs, Slow Songs | Esquire
China Beijing | Apr. 2017
Kenji Wu: Music Album is a Lonely Art | Esquire
China Beijing | Mar. 2017
Joseph Chang: To Give is to Grow | Esquire
China Beijing | Mar. 2017
Dong Chengpeng: New Beginning | Esquire
China Beijing | Jan. 2017
Zhang Yi: I Don't Live a Luxury Life | Esquire
China Beijing | Dec. 2016
Fan Wei: Difficult Comedy | Esquire
China Beijing | Dec. 2016
Zhang Yishan: I Didn't Want to Become a Star | Esquire
China Beijing | Nov. 2016
Gu Li: New Traveler | GQ
China Beijing | Oct. 2016
Yang Lan: A Woman Like Her | ELLE
China Beijing | Oct. 2016
October Art Issue | Vogue
China Beijing | Oct. 2016
Cao Baoping: Directors are the most lonely| Esquire
China Beijing | Sep. 2016
The Olympic Issue | Cosmopolitan
China Beijing | Aug. 2016
Wu Jing: I Cannot Tell You My Experience | Esquire
China Beijing | Jun. 2016
The Influencer Issue | Cosmopolitan
China Beijing | May 2016
Wang Yuheng: Power Brain and Free Heart | GQ
China Beijing | Apr. 2016
Li Sisi: The CNY Gala | Harper's Bazaar
China Beijing | Mar. 2016
Yang Muhai: Call of the Fate | Robb Report
China Beijing | Feb. 2016
Li Dongxue: Derailed | FHM
China Beijing | Jan. 2016
Tang Zijia: Lincoln Navigator | GQ
China Beijing | Dec. 2015
Wu Xinhong: Trial and Error | Bazaar Men's Style
China Beijing | Nov. 2015
Love Story Modern Movie: Lovelance | Harper's Bazaar
China Beijing | Oct. 2015
Xu Longsen: Breakthrough | Robb Report
China Beijing | Oct. 2015
H&M Fall&Wlnter Special | GQ
China Beijing | Oct. 2015
Wong Cho-Lam: Looking for Happiness | Esquire
China Beijing | Oct. 2015
Wang Wei: The Great Turn | GQ
China Beijing | Sep. 2015
Wang Qianyuan: To Win the Title of Best Actor is Like Eating Lollipop | Esquire
China Beijing | Sep. 2015
Sun Yuchen: The Outstanding Boy | GQ
China Beijing | Aug. 2015
Richi Jen: I Do What Wows | Esquire
China Beijing | Aug. 2015
Feng Tang: Time Brings Us These Mature Men | Cosmopolitan
China Beijing | Aug. 2015
Kristian Lupa: The Warrior Who Defeated Lies | Harper’s Bazaar
China Beijing | Jul. 2015
Zheng Jun: Why Paying for Others' Whims | Esquire
China Beijing | Jul. 2015
Sissy Chen: Prosperity in a Corner | Harper's Bazaar
China Beijing | Jul. 2015
Wu Chun: Walk in Sunshine | Cosmopolitan
China Beijing | Jun. 2015
Li Jian: Man at 40 | Esquire
China Beijing | May 2015
Li Yunfei: Inheritance and Sharing | ELLE Decoration
China Beijing | May 2015
Feng Tang: Hairy Monster's Tuft of War | Cosmopolitan
China Beijing | May 2015
Zhang Xiangdong: Entrepreneurship is Like a Flight | Harper's Bazaar
China Beijing | Apr. 2015
Guo Xiaodong: Meaning of Life; Break the Comfort Zone | Esquire
China Beijing | Mar. 2015
Dark Eyes (Portraits of Blind People) | Esquire
China Beijing | Feb. 2015
Louis XIII (Portraits of a group of Modern Artists) | GQ
China Beijing | Jan. 2015
Cai Guoqiang: Four Love Letters | Harper's Bazaar
China Beijing | Jan. 2015
Yu Dong: The Youngest Mastermind of Blockbusters | Harper's Bazaar
China Beijing | Dec. 2014
Ni Ni, Zhang Yibai: A Fleeting Year | Harper's Bazaar
China Beijing | Oct. 2014
Lin Gengxin: Carnival in the Manor on the Border | Bazaar Men's Style
China Beijing | Oct. 2014
Cao Ge: Partner in Love | Cosmopolitan
China Beijing | Oct. 2014
Born in 1984 | GQ
China Beijing | Sep. 2014
Zhao Baogang: Construct Chinese Love | Harper's Bazaar
China Beijing | Sep. 2014
Jiang Wu, An Hu: Relationship Between Men | Esquire
China Beijing | Sep. 2014
Huang Lei: Not Boasting about What's Not There | Esquire
China Beijing | Sep. 2014
Zhang Jiajia: I am Responsible Only Who Likes Me | Cosmopolitan
China Beijing | Sep. 2014
Tobias Rehberger: Manufacturing the World | Robb Report
China Beijing | Aug. 2014
Chen Wenhui: A Rational Life | GQ
China Beijing | Aug. 2014
Tian Liang: Pure Blue, Tender Waters | TRENDSHEALTH
China Beijing | Aug. 2014
Uli Sigg: Promote Chinese Artists Internationally | Bazaar Men's Style
China Beijing | Aug. 2014
Lou Yixiao: Beautiful Jokes | Esquire
China Beijing | Jun. 2014
Pan Gongkai: My Life is My Work | Robb Report
China Beijing | Apr. 2014
Lei Jun: Major Change | Portrait (People)
China Beijing | Mar. 2014
Ding Ding: I will give my number to who I like | FHM
China Beijing | Mar. 2014
Tu Weiming: Meaning of Life | Esquire
China Beijing | Feb. 2014
Colin Chou: Martial Arts that Weather It All | Esquire
China Beijing | Jan. 2014
Teng Huatao: Super Backstage | Esquire
China Beijing | Jan. 2014
Wang Qianyuan: Young and Promising | FHM
China Beijing | Jan. 2014
Michael Phelps: The Bearded Flying Fish | Esquire
China Beijing | Dec. 2013
The Perfect Jealousy | JALOUSE
China Beijing | Nov. 2013
Winston Chao: That Guy is Back | JALOUSE
China Beijing | Nov. 2013
2013 Men of the Year | Bazaar Men's Style
China Beijing | Nov. 2013
Ding Lei: Fate | Portrait (People)
China Beijing | Nov. 2013
Love Story Modern Movie: Outing | Harper's Bazaar
China Beijing | Oct. 2013
Zhang Liang: Little Prince of Mont Blanc | GQ
China Beijing | Oct. 2013
Luigi Colani: Good Design is the Combination of Philosophy, Art, and Technology | Esquire
China Beijing | Oct. 2013
Stories from the Cancer Ward | Esquire
China Beijing | Sep. 2013
Zhang Xiaogang: The Age I Remember | Robb Report
China Beijing | Aug. 2013
Yuan Longping: People's Scientist | Portrait
China Beijing | Aug. 2013
Zhang Yaqin, Zhang Xiangdong, Deng Hongbo: Jeep | FHM
China Beijing | Aug. 2013
Zhao Yingying: No Promise in Life | Robb Report
China Beijing | May 2013
Yue Minjun: Premeditation | Robb Report
China Beijing | Apr. 2013
Wang Guangyi: Artists Have One Piece of Work in Life | Robb Report
China Beijing | Mar. 2013
Most Important Thing I Learned in 2013 | Esquire
China Beijing | Mar. 2013
Xu Zheng: God of Embarrassment | Esquire
China Beijing | Mar. 2013
Duan Yihong: Characters and Fate Create Each Other | FHM
China Beijing | Feb. 2013
Wen Huaisha: Life Lessons of a Warrior | Esquire
China Beijing | Feb. 2013
Jacky Chan: His Movies and His Home | Better Homes & Gardens
China Beijing | Jan. 2013
Aviation and Dreams | Bazaar Men's Style
China Beijing | Jan. 2013
Fotile Father and Son: Management of Modern Family Business | Bazaar Men's Style
China Beijing | Jan. 2013
Looking for Lord of the Rings: Tour New Zealand with Xia Yu | Harper’s Bazaar
China Beijing | Dec. 2012
Shawn Yue: Life is a Melodious Music Chapter | Bazaar Men's Style
China Beijing | Dec. 2012
Liu Xiaodong: Meaning of Art | Harper's Bazaar Art
China Beijing | Nov. 2012
Du Chun, Zhang Li: Like Two Ghosts | Harper’s Bazaar
China Beijing | Oct. 2012
Cui Jian: How Long Is a Man's Adolescence | Cosmopolitan
China Beijing | Sep. 2012
Fashion Milano: Fall's Fashion | Bazaar Men's Style
China Beijing | Sep. 2012
Stephen Fung: Life is a Breakout | Harper's Bazaar
China Beijing | Aug. 2012
Fan Bingbing: Three Days in Cannes | Harper's Bazaar
China Beijing | Aug. 2012
Liu Xiaoqing: I Keep Going Forward | Esquire
China Beijing | Jul. 2012
Wu Shixian: I Am Never a Genius | FIGARO
China Beijing | Jun. 2012
Star Baby: Letters Home from Celebrities | Harper's Bazaar
China Beijing | Jun. 2012
Declaration of the Time from Beijing Youths | Harper's Bazaar
China Beijing | Jun. 2012
Liu Xiaodong: I Fold Two Paralleled Space | FHM
China Beijing | May 2012
Chopstick Brothers: Truth and Dare | FHM
China Beijing | May 2012
Men's Special | Cosmopolitan
China Beijing | May 2012
Zhang Jiayi: The Puzzle of a Man's Growth | Harper's Bazaar
China Beijing | Apr. 2012
Meaning of Life: Albert Leung, Xu Xing, Ning Hao, Lang Lang, Feng Lun, etc. | Esquire
China Beijing | Apr. 2012
Women's Special | Cosmopolitan
China Beijing | Apr. 2012
Declaration of BFFs: Qin Lan, Huo Sixiang, Xiong Naijin | Harper's Bazaar
China Beijing | Mar. 2012
Jeans' Annual | Esquire
China Beijing | Mar. 2012
Missing: A-Yi, Liu Xiaodong, Zhang Wang, Hao Jie | FHM
China Beijing | Feb. 2012
Liu Ye: Good to be Wild | FHM
China Beijing | Feb. 2012
Charming Gentlemen: Wang Zhonglei, Doze Niu | Harper’s Bazaar
China Beijing | Feb. 2012
Zhang Xingsheng: Who is Protecting the Earth | Bazaar Men's Style
China Beijing | Jan. 2012