Portfolio

A selection of my best pictures from the past few years, taken across Europe, Asia and Africa.

In the 1950s, Beijing was home to around 6,000 hutongs, the city’s iconic narrow alleys and courtyard neighborhoods. Today, only a few hundred remain, as most have been demolished to make way for modern skyscrapers that now define Beijing’s skyline.

Each hutong is a living ecosystem, shaped by its residents, small shops, schools, and generations of memories. Every year, more of these historic districts are razed, erasing the city’s residential heritage and the vibrant street life that once thrived there.
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During my visit to Beijing in March 2025, I witnessed this ongoing transformation firsthand. As I walked through the remaining hutongs, I felt the weight of their decay and saw elderly residents struggling to hold onto their homes. Through these photographs, I hope to share the story of Beijing’s disappearing hutongs - a story of resilience, loss, and the urgent need to preserve the soul of the city.

Humans have strange habits. We move from one country to another, from the countryside to the city, from the suburbs to the center. We want to be where things happen, where life feels denser and more real. We chase the idea that out there, among those people, in that noise, something will finally happen. Somehow, we want to be close to others: it doesn’t matter if not close enough to talk to them, just to see them. Just to know they are
there. Alone, Together was born from this contradiction. I have spent years traveling the
world with a camera, and even though the colors, rhythm, sounds, and smells change,
this scene repeats itself. And I love capturing it in all its forms. In Beijing, where thousands of people walk silently. In Seoul, where you can eat grilled pork at 4 a.m. alone and not feel
strange. In Istanbul, where two continents and who knows how many cultures merge while
somehow remaining separate. In Morocco, where the squares fill up at night only to empty
later. In Zurich, where I live. And in Milan, where I come from, and where I do not take
photos.

A single street in Zurich, 923 metres long, running alongside the Limmat River. Photographed between June and September 2026