Christmas In Sapa

I spent Christmas time continuing my project on the Hmong porters on Fansipan, Indochina’s highest peak, up in the mountainous area of northern Vietnam. There are three Hmong parishes in Sapa, the tourist town in the foot of Fansipan, which are Sapa, Hau Thao and Lao Chai but there is only one priest takes care […]

A Friend’s Wedding

I spent a couple of days lately photographing the wedding of my friend, Duy Khoa. Being around the event is a great chance to see the complicated process of Vietnamese wedding customs and get intense experience to learn the art of masculinity. Even though the wedding ran smoothly, he still made some mistakes that “didn’t […]

Ly Son Island

Some shots from my recent trip to Ly Son, the closest island to the Paracel and the disputed water between Vietnam and China. It cradles a very diverse ecosystem with five mountains which lures tourists with its mysterious caves, imposing waterfalls, and splendid rivers and lakes but the beaches are full of trash as the […]

Foundry 2014

I just spent an intensive week in Antigua, Guatemala for Foundry Photojournalism Workshop with the wonderful instructor Andrea Bruce from NOOR. Glad to see so many familiar faces as well as meeting and making friends with a ton of badass people. For the workshop, I shot a story about Ezequiel, a local goat herder with […]

Laguna Shore

Back to Laguna shore for a while for more fishing and cold Shiner before heading back to Cuba. The dolphin dream was broken this time but we found some baby drums and smiley stingrays instead. More photos from the series can be found HERE.