I Am You
Social inequality My project “I Am You” is a paean to people all around Asia who battle every day, dealing with circumstances I fear might have defeated me – had I been in their shoes. I am always aware that my life of relative prosperity, comfort and opportunity could easily have been very different. In […]
The Fearless Sisters of the Dragon Order
Shattering conventions through a mix of martial arts, meditation, and environmental activism: The Kung Fu Nuns are part of an 800-year-old Buddhist sect named Drukpa, the Tibetan word for dragon. Besides practicing Kung Fu and meditation, Drukpa nuns teach young females from the Himalayan region self-defence in workshops, lead prayers, and journey by bicycle for […]
Annotations in my grandfather’s Quran
This project explores how individuals use sacred religious texts especially the Quran to preserve personal memories and cultural heritage. At the heart of the story is my grandfather, Abdulredha Dhiaa Al-Deen, born in 1933 in Karbala, Iraq. Over the course of his life, he witnessed major historical turning points: World War II, the fall of […]
Behind the snow
Arkhangelsk region is located in the Northern Russia and has the most number of abandoned villages in the country. The extinction of the villages happened for the economical reasons. After the collapse of the USSR in 1992 all the farms and big factories were shut down. The youth left to the big cities in search […]
This Is Where We Belong
I never set out to change the world with a camera. I started by following the feeling. The way music moves people. The way it brings strangers together. The way it says what words sometimes cannot. Over the past year, I photographed concerts across Malaysia. Not to document the industry or chase big names, but […]
Flamingos and their habitats
This project offers a glimpse into the world of flamingos—graceful creatures with striking colors that quietly inhabit salt lakes and shallow wetlands. But beyond their beauty, it aims to shed light on the fragile ecosystems they call home, which are rapidly disappearing. The saline and shallow wetlands that flamingos depend on are under serious threat […]
The Line of Least Resistance
This project chronicles a city and its fringes on the cusp of a watershed moment. Most modern Southeast Asian cities aspired to resemble Western cities, visually characterised by skyscraper-dense horizons and superhighways. While Greater Kuala Lumpur is no exception to the rule, it stands out in one remarkable area—it is surrounded by significant tropical rainforests. […]
We Used To Watch The Rivers Go By
The Middle East is the most water-scarce region in the world and has the largest liquid freshwater losses on the planet, according to NASA and the University of California study. This is due to climate change, population growth, and socioeconomic development. We Used to Watch the Rivers Go By is a 4-year writing, photography, and […]
Scar
In the recent 40 years, China amazed the whole world with its rapid industrialization and urbanization. For economic development, China misused the nature as a raw material stock, seeking for everything required freely without limitation, regardless of the broken balance between man and nature. The trap co-plotted by capital and power eventually brought about equally […]
Power of Change
When I caught sight of the mustache and beard that clung to my face, a wave of emotion surged within me, and I thought to myself, “Why must I change my identity just to enjoy a simple right—watching a football match?” In 2018, I completed a project focused on the stories of football-loving girls who, […]