In late 2016, inspired by the viral story of Jamie Livingston, who created a Polaroid picture every day for 18 years, my mind started wondering. “What would it be like to really take a picture every single day?” The question crept on me every single day. The challenge of taking a camera out every single day, and finding something worth shooting didn’t seem so daunting at first. I set myself to take a picture every single day of 2017, from the first to the last day, and experience myself what this challenge really meant. It was a good excuse to force me to take my camera out every single day, and also a good way of pushing the boundaries of my photography. A documentary project of my daily life, a vision into my eye and my brain as a way of understanding what makes me tick.

I won’t lie, it wasn’t easy. Some days the results were horrid, and some others the results were pretty fascinating. In any case, I managed to go through 365 days with 365 pictures, all taken between the time I woke up, and before I went to bed. Every single day.

NOTE: Not all pictures were taken with my camera, some were taken with my phone, or even with the phone or camera of a friend. I posted every single picture on my Instagram Account and this was the result.

During the days around the Hindu new year the island of Bali, Indonesia, is summoned in several religious celebrations. Balinese live these 4 festivities with fervor in a celebration that can be divided into 4 different key events:

Melasti : The purification Ceremony of all evil from body and earth

Ngerupuk: The Night of Ogoh-Ogoh, in which man-made monsters are paraded through the streets to scare the ghosts and balance out the power of good and evil

Galungan: The welcoming of passed ancestors

Kuningan: The farewell of passed ancestors. During this day, the village of Munggu celebrates Mekotek, a celebration that commemorates the past victories of the King of Mengwi in his conquest of East Java.

This photo project was taken in concordance with another Video project that you can see here

Having been a nomad for around 6 years I always had to pack and unpack all my stuff into a small bag. With time the number of things I took with me always got smaller. But no matter what, wherever I went, I was always unable to let go of 2 or 3 things. These things maybe weren’t something essential that I needed, but always ended up back in my bag.

With this premise, I became curious as to what were the objects other nomads took with them. What were those 2 or 3 things that they always packed, no matter where they went? In my mind, these objects reflect on who those people are, while they become a token of good luck, work, or just entertainment at the same time.

After living and traveling in Asia for over 6 years, the encounters with Buddhism, both Theravada, and Mahayana, haven’t been few. I have always, nonetheless, encountered myself with a contradiction in Buddhism, or more so, with the way people practice Buddhism. It can be inferred from the teachings of Buddha that worshipping is not how one becomes a good Buddhist. Yet seeing people bowed down, praying, and asking for things to Buddha is but the norm. Some may say that what these worshippers are doing is not asking for things but just reflecting on the image of Buddha to become like him. My answer is that this is clearly a minority of the worshippers.

In this series, I try to reflect on the worshippers of Buddha, as a way of letting the viewer understand what Buddhism really means in Asia.

A standing symbol of Malaysian history, the Trishaw is a three-wheeled vehicle that was long used for regular transportation around the cities. Nowadays, Trishaws carry tourists around town and are becoming a legacy, struggling for survival. Mr. Choo Yew Choon, a fourth-generation Trishaw maker of Hokkien origin, is the last Trishaw-maker on the island of Penang- and one of the few left in all of Malaysia.

A symbol of Penang, the Trishaw, was commonly used as the means of transportation for locals to get from one place to another. Nowadays, Trishaws are a mere touristic attraction pushed by hardworking men that cycle their way through the city. With no more than 150 left in all the island, the aging of these workers and the rise of more attractive career paths, Trishaws will disappear, and so will their drivers. Jinrikisha (‘Manpower’, the word engraved in the license plate of every Trishaw) is a look into who these drivers are as a way of tributing them. This is a small selection of the over more than 30 portraits that conform the total collection.

 Elephants (Chang in Thai) are on the verge of extinction. As a direct result of poaching, their use as touristic attractions and the destruction of their habitat, there is a good chance that we could soon lose a species that is an extremely important part of the ecosystem. Thanks to initiatives like the NGO Bring the Elephant Home and sanctuaries like the Elephant Nature Park, these gentle giants are given a safe haven in which to live freely and reproduce safely.

The profit of the sale of these prints will go entirely to Bring the Elephant Home.  

Cy Silentwalker, a member of the Navajo Tribe, trains and fights tirelessly. Although his Muay Thai experience might not be as extensive as most of his Thai opponents, his determination and discipline will one day see him become the first Native American to fight in the notorious Lumpinee Stadium of Bangkok.

Amidst a devastating economic crisis that completely collapsed the Spanish economy, soaring unemployment rates and corruption scandals abounded. Inspired by the book “Indignez- Vous” by Stéphane Hessel, thousands of people took the streets to protest in search of a political and economic shift. They were widely known as Los Indignados (“The Outraged”).