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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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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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Corporate photography for BP photographed in Shanghai

Earlier this summer I was contacted by BP to create a visual for their new Early Careers campaign, I photographed some employees of BP that have joined their program, here some photos:

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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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Yao Chen photographed in Shanghai for Pomellato

Some out takes shot for the women’s day global campaign bts for Pomellato shot in Shanghai with Chinese actress Yao Chen

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Portrait assignment for Bloomberg Businessweek in Shanghai

For a story regarding about employment and youth around the world, I photographed Sun Xiaowen in Shanghai, China, for Bloomberg Businessweek.

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Portrait assignemnt for L'Equipe magazine photographed in Shanghai

I have photographed Vincent Ricard for L’equipe in Shanghai, China for their story about former tennis ball boys, here some outtakes along with the tear sheet.

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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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Shanghai photographer Raul Ariano Blog

Photographer based in Shanghai, China.