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Kaluga Queen sturgeon farm

Chinese Caviar and Foie Gras Shake Up Global Gourmet Dinning photographed for Bloomberg Businessweek in Qiandao Lake, China.



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Syngenta X Getty Images

Photographed for Syngenta X Getty Images, this project documents the company’s efforts to support rice farmers in Anhui province, one of China’s key grain-producing regions.

This highlights the traditional practice of rice transplantation and how improved farming methods, hands-on training, and sustainable technologies are helping smallholder farmers boost yields, adapt to climate challenges, and strengthen their livelihoods.

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Horse riding in China for The Financial Times

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"Chengdu, an oasis of freedom in the Middle Kingdom" photographed for M le Magazine du Monde

Chengdu, known for its relaxed atmosphere, has become a hub for youth culture and creative industries, drawing young people away from China’s more pressured megacities like Beijing and Shanghai.

Despite increasing government control over cultural events, Chengdu retains its reputation for tolerance and laid-back living, making it a unique cultural center in China. I spent some days in the city try to capture that.

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Qingtian - Chinese Overseas Town published on Internazionale

My project about Qingtian on the Italian magazine Internazionale

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My interview on the last issue of Lufthansa's inflight magazine StopOver

My interview on Lufthansa’s inflight magazine StopOver

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Shanghai scenes of Lufthansa's inflight magazine StopOver

For the last number of Lufthansa’s inflight magazine i’ve been asked to photograph the food blogger Rachel Gouk in some of her favorite places in Shanghai.

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Kinmen-Xiamen Crossing Swimming Race photographed for Die Zeit

Kinmen-Xiamen crossing swimming contest photographed for Die Zeit

The annual race between Taiwan’s Kinmen islands and China’s Xiamen involves participants from both side of the Taiwan Strait.

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Assignment for The Washington Post in Shanghai, China

The Washington Post assigned me to photograph Xu Bosun, an aspiring actor who was kidnapped in southern China. There, he was beaten and sold to a criminal group running cyber scams that targeted victims with fake investment schemes and online romance scams. He was forced to spend three months duping people out of their money until his family paid a ransom for his release in October.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/07/22/myanmar-cyberscams-china-trafficking/

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FAO Assignment in Mongolia

I have been assigned by FAO to follow and photograph the FAO Director-General DR, QU Dongyu during his trip in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, here some images:

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Ulaanbaatar for Bloomberg

General Views of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia shot for Bloomberg

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Solar panels factory in China for Le Monde

On assignment for Le Monde I photographed Eco Green Energy, a solar panels factory Co-owned by a French business man in Nantong, about 2 hours away from Shanghai, China.

Dalibor Nikolovski, President and Funder of Eco Green Energy photographed in Nantong, China, on Thursday, July 4, 2024.

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Photographer based in Shanghai, China.