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"China wants to move on from covid. In Shanghai I see the ghosts of lockdown everywhere" shot for 1843 Economist's Magazine
Some photos of Shanghai as opened up after 3 years of lockdowns, quarantines and restriction related to Covid photographed for 1843 Magazine/The Economist
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:
China waves its strict Zero Covid restrictions, for Die Zeit
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:
Shanghai Lockdown remote portraits
During the lockdown in Shanghai that lasted 2 month I have photographed friends and acquaintances thru video call as they, as myself, were under a mandatory isolation required by the Chinese government.
Meanwhile the rest of the world have decided to open up China is. one of. the last place left where the strict no covid policy measure are in place.
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.
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
Shanghai Lockdown 2022
Street scenes in Shanghai, as the lockdown goes on.
Shanghai Lockdown 2022
Street scenes in Shanghai, China on May 18th, 2022.
As Shanghai is undergoing a total lockdown the city has lift some restriction for some few people althought streets that connect different districts are shut and checkpoints have being installed.
Fences are raised in order to divide different districts and prevent people to cross in Shanghai, China on May 18th 2022
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 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
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
Assignment for Bloomberg Markets photographed in Shenzhen, China
Cici Xiang photographed for Golden Goose in Shanghai
Earlier in November I photographed a commercial campaign for Italian shoes band Golden Goose, which featured Cici Xiang.
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.
Modernization of agriculture in China photographed for Liberation
A story I shot in Kunming last month for Liberation about modernization of agriculture in China
Assignment for The Wall Street Journal photographed in Shanghai
I have photographed Trista Sun, the CEO of HSBC Pinnacle China for the Wall Street Journal
"Wuhan Mon Amour" featured on The British Journal of Photography
My project “Wuhan Mon Amour” has been featured of the next edition of the prestigious British Journal of Photography both online and print.
Here the link: https://www.1854.photography/2021/03/raul-ariano-pictures-post-covid-19-life-in-wuhan/
Portrait shot for Le Monde of migrant worker in Shanghai and the restrictions to travel during Chinese New Year as Covid pandemic still ongoing
Last week I work on a story about migrant workers in Shanghai affected by the traveling restriction due to the covid outbreak, shot in Shanghai for Le Monde
Assignment in Hangzhou, China for Le Monde
My last assignment for Le Monde about the shoppers in China, photographed in Hangzhou, landed on front page.
