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Qingtian, Overseas Chinese Hometown for Zeit Magazin

Recent assignment for Zeit Magazin in Qingtian know as the hometown of overseas Chinese

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Sara Jane Ho photographed in Shanghai

Sara Jane Ho, known for her Netflix Show “Mind Your Manner” photographed in Shanghai for Harvard business School

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Cosplay dating photographed in Shanghai for Stern

Stern asked me to photograph Fang Huaitan, a girls that embodiesCharlie, a character of a video game popular in China and has been offering disguise dates for a few months to females in Shanghai.

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Docking and maintenance of Busan and Venetia vessels for Peter Dohle in Shanghai and Zhoushan port

Earlier last May, I had the privilege of working with Peter Dohler, a renowned German seaborne shipping company, on an exciting photography project. They commissioned me to capture images of two of their remarkable vessels, named Busan and Venetia. Here some photograph taken between Shanghai Port and Zhoushan Port.



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Shanghai general view for Bloomberg

Some images of general view of Shanghai photographed for Bloomberg

A man flies a dragon shaped kite along the bund in front of buildings in Pudong's Lujiazui Financial District in Shanghai, China

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Tea picking in Jiangsu province, China

Some photos for a recent trip in Jiangsu province, near Shanghai, where I have photographed tea culture and tea picking.

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Chef Paul Pairet photographed for Les Echos Week End in Shanghai, China

Last month I was asked to photograph Paul Pairet, owner and chef of 3 Michelin star restaurant Ultraviolet in Shanghai, China

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Single mother story for The Wall Street Journal photographed in Shanghai

I’ve been asked to photograph GaoJie and Chris in Shanghai for The Wall Street Journal for a story about single motherhoods in China

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Calvin Klein & Tommy Hilfiger corporate project

Assigned by Getty Images, I have photographed Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger office in Shanghai as part of their global rebranding, below some images:

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Electric Vehicles in China photographed for Wired Magazine

Electric vehicles photographed for Wired Magazine in Shanghai, China

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Portraits of Shanghai's Lockdown published on Washington Post

“Letters from Shanghai”, my project in which I photographed people remotely during the lockdown in Shanghai, has been published on Washington Post.

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Link: http://washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2022/shanghai-lockdown-portraits/?utm_campaign=wp_post_most&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_most&carta-url=https%3A%2F%2Fs2.washingtonpost.com%2Fcar-ln-tr%2F36f0cb2%2F628fa3cd956121755a91cf52%2F5ed70f9aade4e276b3c2aa14%2F26%2F72%2F628fa3cd956121755a91cf52

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My series "Letters from Shanghai" published on Liberation

As Shanghai has been locked down I have started to photograph friends of mine and other people that I have never met, remotely using a video-call. The absurdity of this project is that we all live in the same city, Shanghai and yet we are not able to meet in real life because of the harsh lockdown that Shanghai is undergoing.

I have asked to all my subject to share their thoughts written in a paper or a piece of their diary, here some part of the portfolio published on Liberation

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Punk and underground music scene in Wuhan photographed for Focus Magazine

Focus Magazine sent me to Wuhan for some days to photograph the underground and punk music scene in Wuhan, China, here the print version and some outtakes that did not make it to the cut

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Recent assignment for The New York Times in Suzhou

I have been asked. by New York Times to photograph the traditional way of making Mooncakes, the iconic Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival treat.

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Portrait fo Five Media in Hangzhou, China

Last month FIVE media asked me to go to Hangzhou to photograph Rob, a young entrepreneur and founder of MI Terro a startup company on a mission to cut food waste and fight plastic pollution at the same time turning milk waste into fibers for clothes. Here some of the photos.

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Portrait of Jie Li for PM Networking Magazine in Shanghai

Jie Li, Shanghai nuclear engineer photographed in Shanghai for PM Networking Magazine.

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Assignment for Les Echos Week End

A recent assignment for Les Echos Week End for a story about paper straw and Lou Zhongping, founder of Saton and also known as straw king took me to Yiwu, not far from Shanghai.

Here some outtakes along with the tear sheets:

Lou Zhongping photographed. by Raul Ariano in Yiwu, China
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Modernization of agriculture in China photographed for Liberation

A story I shot in Kunming last month for Liberation about modernization of agriculture in China

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Photographer based in Shanghai, China.