From abandoned Chinese hills to the foggy rainforest of Borneo. I remember looking at this place and thinking about how some places should just to be left alone, free from human presence
Interiors of an abandoned house in Houtouwan, China.
Apart from the mess on the ground, the walls were in really good conditions, proving that these constructions were built to last
Imagine a small fishing village on a charming island, getting bigger and bigger, wealthier and wealthier, and then being suddenly abandoned. That’s the story of Houtouwan, in China
At night in the Tsaatan camp you could only hear the gentle whistle of the wind through the trees, the faint cracking of wood burning in the stoves and the dogs barking
What a privilege was to have a chat with a Tsaatan chief in his ortz in the middle of the taiga. I remember he was just taking a break from his daily reindeer shepherd routine
Toward the end of last year winter I was arriving at a Tsaatan camp in Northern Mongolia. The snow was already starting to melt around the teepee-like ortz