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My series "Letters from Shanghai" published on Liberation

As Shanghai has been locked down I have started to photograph friends of mine and other people that I have never met, remotely using a video-call. The absurdity of this project is that we all live in the same city, Shanghai and yet we are not able to meet in real life because of the harsh lockdown that Shanghai is undergoing.

I have asked to all my subject to share their thoughts written in a paper or a piece of their diary, here some part of the portfolio published on Liberation

Shanghai remote portrait

The Globe and Mail assignment

Last week I was assigned by The Globe and Mail to make a portrait done of Raefer Wallis, a Canadian former architect is the CEO and creator of "Reset", a platform that monitors real time indoor health data in buildings.

Portrait Photographer Shanghai
Portrait Photographer Shanghai
Shanghai portrait photographer
Shanghai Portrait Photographer
Shanghai Photographer
Shanghai Photographer


Raul Ariano is a photographer based in Shanghai, China and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.