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Thomas Cristofoletti

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PORTFOLIO - TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY

A selection of photos I took during assignments for travel magazines or while travelling on my own in Asia, Europe and Americas.

March 31, 2014 - Siem Reap. Tourists visit the Bayon Temple. © Thomas Cristofoletti / Ruom

Once upon a time in Myanmar

July 29, 2014 - Mondulkiri (Cambodia). A Phnong family sits around the fire inside a traditional house in Busra village. © Thomas Cristofoletti / Ruom

December 29, 2014 - Hong Kong. The Hong Kong skyline from The Peak. © Thomas Cristofoletti / Ruom

November 42, 2011 - Mondulkiri (Cambodia). A man controls the fire on his field. People in this village are indigenous but nowadays they seem to have lost most of their ancient traditions, as they have adopted many Western customs, such as the way t

Inside the 969 Movement - The Myanmar Buddhist radicals

June 13, 2014 - Tehran (Iran). Female polo players are awarded after winning the 83rd Federation of the International Polo Ambassadors’ Cup, organised in a field located in the south of Tehran. Among the participants, Morgan Ru (wearing a yellow cap

Once upon a time in Myanmar

Once upon a time in Vietnam

An afternoon in the arena: Neak Pradals (cambodian boxers)

june 14, 2010 - New York City. A group of nurses walks in the streets of Manhattan. © Thomas Cristofoletti / Ruom

Pchum Ben festival’s buffalo race

July 3, 2012 - Dubai (UAE). A girl sits on a moving walkway inside Dubai’s international airport. © Thomas Cristofoletti / Ruom

January 07, 2010 - Takayama (Japan). Snow over the local cemetery in Takayama. © Thomas Cristofoletti / Ruom

June 08, 2014 - Urmia, Iran. Iranian youths take pictures of the surface of Urmia lake with their smartphones. Despite slow mobile internet connections, Iran has seen a considerable increase of consumers purchasing smartphones. © Thomas Cristofolett

Once upon a time in Vietnam

Once upon a time in Myanmar

December 02, 2011 - Laxe (La Coruña). The small port of Laxe bases its economy on percebes’ harvesting and other fishing-related activities. © Thomas Cristofoletti / Ruom

June 21, 2014 - Yazd (Iran). Customers in a fast food restaurant react after Argentina scored a goal against Iran in the last minutes of their first match of the 2014 World Cup. © Thomas Cristofoletti / Ruom

Once upon a time in Myanmar

Lethwei: burmese boxe

Once upon a time in Vietnam

Monks pay respect for the death of Cambodian king Norodom Sihanouk.

The school of circus of Battambang

Once upon a time in Vietnam

Thaipusam Festival Kuala Lumpur

Once upon a time in Vietnam

September 20, 2014 - Meo Vac (Vietnam). The Ma Pi Leng Pass between Dong Van and Meo Vac, is considered one the most spectacular road in Vietnam. © Thomas Cristofoletti / Ruom

Once upon a time in Myanmar

July 28, 2014 - Mondulkiri (Cambodia). Reflections in a rice field. © Thomas Cristofoletti / Ruom

WWF’s conservation work in the greater Mekong

June 11, 2014 - Qom, Iran. A kid swims in a fountain close to the holy shrine of Qom, in central Iran. © Thomas Cristofoletti / Ruom

Starling Pepper Farm - Kampot (Cambodia)

The Si Phan Don's fishermens

Los Percebeiros de Laxe

Pchum Ben festival’s buffalo race

November 4, 2013 - Areng Valley (Koh Kong). A monk during a tree-blessing ceremony in a forest nearby Pra Lay Village. © Thomas Cristofoletti / Ruom

February 14, 2014 - Phnom Penh. Young people enter Lux Cinema for the afternoon screening of a khmer commedy movie. © Thomas Cristofoletti / Ruom

April 4, 2014 - Phnom Penh. A man walks over a structure inside Kids City. © Thomas Cristofoletti / Ruom

April 4, 2014 - Phnom Penh. A family of tourist walks pass by the Royal Palace. © Thomas Cristofoletti / Ruom

July 29, 2014 - Mondulkiri (Cambodia). A Phnong mother with her baby pose inside a traditional house in Busra village. © Thomas Cristofoletti / Ruom

October 26, 2013 - Kampong Chhnang. Garment factory workers come back home in Span Dieg village, 40km north of Phnom Penh. © Thomas Cristofoletti / Ruom

June 8, 2014 - Urmia (Iran). A sheperd with his sheeps around Urmia lake. Today, the lake is a shadow of its former self. Decades of poor water management, aggressive agricultural policies and drought have rendered it almost completely dried up. © T

September 22, 2014 - Meo Vac (Vietnam). Locals harvest a rice field in the outskirts of Tam Son. © Thomas Cristofoletti / Ruom

September 2, 2014 - Phnom Penh (Cambodia). Cambodian youths take a selfie on the roof of the recently built Aeon mall. © Thomas Cristofoletti / Ruom

November 29, 2013 - Lvea village, Prey Veng. A boy rides a water buffalo back home. © Thomas Cristofoletti / Ruom

June 12, 2014 - Tehran (Iran). A woman walks in front of a light decoration installed to celebrate the birthday of Imam Mahdi. © Thomas Cristofoletti / Ruom

December 29, 2014 - Hong Kong. Rush hour in the metro of Hong Kong. © Thomas Cristofoletti / Ruom

February 05, 2011 - Hanoi (Vietnam). An army officer waits the train at Hanoi station. © Thomas Cristofoletti / Ruom

April 19, 2014 - Jakarta (Indonesia). Catching an early flight at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport. © Thomas Cristofoletti / Ruom

September 19, 2014 - Don Vang (Vietnam). A girl waits in a hairdresser in the center of Don Vang. © Thomas Cristofoletti / Ruom

June 22, 2014 - Yazd (Iran). Locals gathered at Jame Mosque of Yazd. © Thomas Cristofoletti / Ruom

January 07, 2010 - Takayama (Japan). A truck in a snoewd parking in Takayama. © Thomas Cristofoletti / Ruom

Los Percebeiros de Laxe

Thomas Cristofoletti is an Italian DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKER & photographer based in SOUTHEAST ASIA since 2012.

© Thomas Cristofoletti / Ruom