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BOYCOW (2025)
BOYCOW is a photographic series created by Berlin based photographer Callum Leo Hughes, documenting Bailey (the boycow) Beauchamp in his natural habitat. Captured close to the Castro, San Francisco, Bailey is seen wearing his HuCow gear, dripping in the Californian golden hour.
Taken just after the Folsom Street Fair weekend, the images celebrate the HuCow (human cow) fetish. The kink subculture focuses on participants roleplaying as dairy cows, where the cow is usually submissive and objectified, while the dominant partner enacts the role of a bull or farmer. Bailey (the boycow) Beauchamp is photographed wearing his self-made HuCow gear consisting of: a cap with horns; neck restraint with a cowbell; enlarged nose-ring and cow print garments.
The photographic style of the series replicates the colour palette of classic Western films, with bright blue open skies and golden light drenching the model. Expanding on the history of homoerotic cowboy tales and erotica, the work recreates familiar poses and compositions. Playing on traditional cowboy aesthetics, the work flips the attention onto the boycow. Bathed in the amber hues of the sunset with rocky outcrops as a backdrop, the series joyfully celebrates queer kink subculture and body liberation, whilst overlooking the Castro.
Type design from Em Chabridon
The BOYCOW zine is 44 pages, A4 saddle stitched with custom gloss over the cover text. For more information or to buy the publication click here.
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