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I met Jacinta last year, in a Mayan village called...
I met Jacinta last year, in a Mayan village called Chichicastenango, in Guatemala. Her story begins many, many years ago. It was 1916, when a 50 years old woman in Guatemala decided to cause herself...
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Courtney was 17 years old when she had to start working to earn...
Courtney was 17 years old when she had to start working to earn a living. So she tried many, many different jobs. She was a waitress, a barber, a waxer, a bread packager, a day care manager, a...
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Stefania lives in a village famous for its traditions, in Gorj...
Stefania lives in a village famous for its traditions, in Gorj County, Romania. Almost 150 years ago, a few minutes away from Stefania’s house, one of the greatest sculptors of the 20th-century was...
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Her name means dove in Spanish and after many years of struggles...
Her name means dove in Spanish and after many years of struggles she learned how to fly away from all the suffering. Paloma is from Havana, Cuba, where I met her last October.Paloma was born without a...
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Northern Vietnam, with its spectacular landscapes, fascinating...
Northern Vietnam, with its spectacular landscapes, fascinating ethnic groups and beautiful stories, has a special place in my heart.Here people have to work hard to earn a living. The beautiful hands...
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Angsana is a smart, elegant and educated woman, with an English...
Angsana is a smart, elegant and educated woman, with an English Major, working as a Marketing Specialist in Bangkok, Thailand. Zaza Sor Aree is a tough fighter, with over 41 professional combats and a...
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By now the second part of The Atlas of Beauty book should have...
By now the second part of The Atlas of Beauty book should have been ready. But because of the pandemic everything changed and we had to stop traveling the world, only a few months before completing the...
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She is Marzieh, one of the strongest women I have ever met. I...
She is Marzieh, one of the strongest women I have ever met. I took this photo a while ago, in Iran and today, after having her consent, I decided to post it. Marzieh was driving in Isfahan, Iran, six...
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I took this photo in February. Payao has been selling food in...
I took this photo in February. Payao has been selling food in this floating market, close to Bangkok, Thailand, for over 50 years. She lives in a nearby floating village. In this area the water is...
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Gabriela is from Maramures, a region in Northern Romania famous...
Gabriela is from Maramures, a region in Northern Romania famous for its traditions. She left her native village to study physiotherapy, but every once in a while she returns home where her parents and...
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I photographed Juliana and her son, Alex, last November, high in...
I photographed Juliana and her son, Alex, last November, high in The Andes Mountains, in Peru.While pregnant, Juliana suffered a severe accident on the steep, narrow paths around her isolated village....
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Maybe no police force in the world had faced so many challenges...
Maybe no police force in the world had faced so many challenges as the one from Medellin, in Colombia, during the Pablo Escobar times. That’s when Nataly grew up and decided to fight for peace and...
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I met this lovely, elegant lady last year on the old streets of...
I met this lovely, elegant lady last year on the old streets of Palermo, in Sicily. In this traditional part of Italy, most people are very dedicated to their families and to their faith in God....
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Oana’s story is a long and painful journey from dark to light....
Oana’s story is a long and painful journey from dark to light. It was Friday, on October 30. Just like today, but 5 years ago. That terrible day started for Oana like any other Friday in Bucharest,...
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I photographed Caitie in Melbourne, Australia, last December. If...
I photographed Caitie in Melbourne, Australia, last December. If you search in the dictionary the word “tradesman” one of the meanings is “skilled worker”. And that’s Caitie’s job. Unfortunatly, in...
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High in the Andes Mountains, in Peru, in a land that once upon a...
High in the Andes Mountains, in Peru, in a land that once upon a time was part of Inca empire, you’ll find some of the most beautiful outfits in the world. Killa, together with other women from her...
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I photographed Alexandra last year, in New York City. Her story...
I photographed Alexandra last year, in New York City. Her story is about love. Love for nature. A self taught woodworking artist, Alexandra makes expeditions around the world to gather rare and...
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I noticed Katalin a few months ago, on the alleys of a small...
I noticed Katalin a few months ago, on the alleys of a small village inhabited by ethnic Hungarians in Transylvania, Romania. This lovely woman was holding some herbs from her garden. She was eager to...
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That’s me and my daughter Natalia experiencing her first real...
That’s me and my daughter Natalia experiencing her first real winter. Although she’s at an age when she has a lot of trantrums and “No” is her favourite word, all this pandemic would have been so much...
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Sonali’s work is dedicated to people in suffering. She knows...
Sonali’s work is dedicated to people in suffering. She knows from her own experience what suffering means.We met in March, in her hometown, Colombo, the capital of Sri Lanka. While photographing her I...
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