Faces from around the world

I love faces. I love traveling. The following are portraits of people from around the world that I shared incredible experiences with.

Location: Hutongs, Beijing

Description: Brother Ben and mother went to make a suit and I was sent to the Hutongs to take some pictures. This schoolboy noticed my camera and was intrigued by it. We couldn't communicate but the moment was unique. He felt so special for a moment. I've never really had a kid pose with such seriousness. He was like a little man.

Location: Rishiskesh, India

Description: The city is home to the Vishnu god and is a huge location for touritsts to see in Norther India. The Beatles visited the Ashrams here and was home to many musicians in the sixties. The city is located on the holy Ganges river and in the Himalayan region of Norther India.

This man is a sadhu(Hindu ascetic). He finances his needs only through others charity and dedicates his life to Hinduism. As brother Ben had the runs, I made it my duty to sit next to the guy and snap a shot. We were chatting in English and I got to know of his lifestyle a bit. When I left, i popped him a couple of rupees as gratitude for the time he spent chatting with me(even though he wasn't really rushing to any meeting). The city itself is wild - cows walking around the streets and monkeys are everywhere.

Location: Border crossing into Nicaragua

Description: As we entered Nicaragua, children would collect our change from our previous country. I sat with this boy for a second and took a quick shot of him. We enjoyed a quick moment together.

Location: Tiger Leaping Gorge, Yunnan Province, China

Description:The first picture is of an elderly man that I met on our 2 day hike. The second lady was a seriously disabled lady who was just lying on the ground. It was a frightening experience.

Location: Shangri La, Yunnan province, China

Description: Similar to my experience in the Hutongs in Beijing, this kid returning from school knocked into me while I was wandering with my bike and camera for the day. Shangri La for a typical backpacker in the Yunnan province is where one begis to feel the Tibetan Culture. Approaching the Tibetan border, you begin to see less of the Han Chinese culture and much more of Chinese minorities. This schoolboy felt like he was in hollywood for one moment. I have never photographed someone who enjoyed the experience so much.

Location: Baisha village(next to Lijiang), Yunnan province,

China

Description: This man was probably the most

welcoming and hospitable person I have ever met in my life while traveling. While trying to find my hostel in Lijiang, I bumped into a backpacker from France

who was always on the way to the hostel. We ended up traveling together for 2 days and biked to the village of Baisha, where we got a better local taste and met with the famous Taoist medicine doctor, Dr. Ho. While wandering around the village, this lovely man invited us into his house and even gave us his address to send the pictures to that we took with him. He introduced us to his entire family and even insisted on us staying for dinner.