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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China demography decline photographed for Le Monde

Some images photographed for Le Monde regarding the population decline in China

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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

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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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Shanghai Lockdown photo published on French weekly Les Echos Week End

Some photo shot during the lockdown in Shanghai early this year have been published on Les Echos Week End

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To see more photos regarding the Shanghai lockdown click here

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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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Electric Vehicles in China photographed for Wired Magazine

Electric vehicles photographed for Wired Magazine in Shanghai, China

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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.

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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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Shanghai Lockdown 2022

Street scenes in Shanghai, as the lockdown goes on.

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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

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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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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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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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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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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.

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My photos of Guangdong and Evergrande on "The Year in Review" of Le Monde

Some photo of the recent assignment that I photographed for Le Monde have been selected for "The Year in Review" of Le Monde

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