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

Shanghai remote portrait
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Shanghai Lockdown photographed for Die Zeit

As the city of Shanghai is experiencing a harsh lockdown I was asked to photograph what is going on for Die Zeit, here some outtakes of my assignment

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My project "Spring Hasn't Come Yet" has been selected as winner by Photo Annual Award 2020

Happy to be awarded by Photo Annual Award (ex PDN annual) for my project Spring Hasn’t Come Yet photographed during the beginning of the cover pandemic earlier this year in Shanghai.

Shanghai Photo Annual Award 2020 photographer
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Photographer based in Shanghai, China.