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111 Faces 014:: Yan [China]

This young woman was born in Sháoguān (韶关) , a small (3 million) city in the north of the Guangdong province. As many girls from the countryside, she came young to the city looking for better opportunities and to prove herself. Now she runs her own business and she has bought a house in Guangzhou, with 23 years. If this was Spain I think she could be some kind of hero. Shot taken in Jianganxi (江南西), Guangzhou (广州）with a Mamiya…

111 Faces 013:: Joyce [China]

Funny fact: I saw Joyce the first day I came to China my first time in April. Although the +24 hours of trip (bus-plane-train) and the Tsingtao beer made my memory of that evening foggy, and remembered her perfectly so it was a no brainer to shoot her for the project. I'm sure my friend David Llada still remembers that night.…

111 Faces 011:: Owen Zuo [China]

This young man works in the technology industry. The city of Senzhen is known by everyone to be an strategical point in new technology production (apple for instance) and Owen is part of it, not as a worker but as a business man. What I first thought was a shy guy became really confident in front of the camera and we were able to create a couple of good shots of him quick enough. Shot taken in Zhujiang New Town (珠江新城),…

111 Faces 012:: Irina [Ukraine]

Irina is a lovely ukranian woman currently living in Guangzhou. She has been in the city for around 4 years already and she is working as a model for multiple events in the city. Working with local and foreign brands for both China and international campaigns. She has an incredibly interesting family story (with one of her sister working professionally in a circus) that got my mouth opened more than once. Unfortunately, I'm…