Photo taken at danum valley field centre
A wild gibbon in the Borneo rainforest. I remember walking for hours in the forest hoping to see some wildlife
Photo taken at danum valley field centre
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
Photo taken at Shengshan, Zhejiang, China
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
Photo taken at Gouqi, Anhui, China
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
Photo taken at Gouqi, Anhui, China
Last year visiting the abandoned village of Houtouwan on Gouqi island in China
Photo taken at Mongolia
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
Photo taken at Mongolia
Tsataan are nomadic herders who structure and dedicate all their life to reindeer. Today their lifestyle is threatened by climate change
Photo taken at Mongolia
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
Photo taken at Mongolia
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