Photo taken at Whakatane, New Zealand
“When I decided to do my Tā moko I wanted it to be exactly the one wore by my ancestors, so that it could tell about who I am as a Maori instead of just being a scribble on my chin
Photo taken at Eastern Highlands Province
A kid performing as a Nokondi half man in the Eastern Highlands province of Papua New Guinea
Photo taken at Goroka District
I remember a faint light, casted by the fire from the grass-root houses, being the only guidance for walking around a small village on the highlands at night
Photo taken at Goroka District
Houses in Papua New Guinea Highlands are really simple and made completely using local organic material. They are almost always surrounded by vegetation, which keeps the air fresh
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