Aaron Joel Santos

Editorial & Travel

Editorial and travel photographs shot on a variety of assignments around Asia and beyond--from the remote northern reaches of Mongolia to the beautifully dense and chaotic streets of downtown Tokyo and elsewhere in between. 

  • Ho Chi Minh City | Vietnam
  • Shibuya Crossing | Tokyo
  • Sunset at a small winery in the mountains near Inle Lake in Shan State, Myanmar.
  • The Great Salt Lake | USA
  • Ha Giang Province | Vietnam
  • Pyongyang | DPRK
  • Shanghai | China
  • Sapa | Vietnam
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  • Tsagaannuur | Mongolia
  • New Orleans | USA
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  • Hanoi | Vietnam
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  • A man burns incense at Thien Hau Pagoda in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
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  • Kerala | India
  • Boats pass along a small canal in central Alleppey.
  • Phu Quoc | Vietnam
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  • One of the first photographs I ever took, from a very long time ago.
  • Mount Tarawera | New Zealand
  • Jaffna | Sri Lanka
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  • Blue lights in an underground passage in downtown Hong Kong.
  • It's a peacock.
  • A fisherman cuts open a piece of fresh uni straight from the sea in Hokkaido, Japan.
  • A young bride with hands bearing her western husband's name in Delhi, India.
  • An homage to the Japanese photographer Shōji Ueda at an onsen in northern Japan.
  • Melbourne | Australia
  • A view over the Taedong river in Pyongyang, North Korea, with the unfinished, towering Ryugyong Hotel in the background.
  • A young woman stirs a cocktail on the banks of the Saigon River.
  • Young boys swim and dive at the Keerimalai Springs, sacred pools fed by sea waters on the northern shores of the Jaffna Peninsula in Sri Lanka.
  • A woman walks through the Ban Anou night market in Vientiane, Laos.
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  • Burmese laborers load stones onto a large barge awaiting transport to construction sites downriver from Mandalay.
  • Jaffna | Sri Lanka
  • Fishing boats off the coast of Con Dao island in southern Vietnam.
  • A man gets his mustache dyed on the streets of Kolkata, India.
  • Lek and his elephant, Bonchu, in Khao Sok in southern Thailand.
  • Artist Ye Yongqing at work on a new painting in the studio of his home in Dali City, China.
  • A group of novice Burmese monks watch a performance in a small town outside of Mandalay, Myanmar.
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  • Prague | Czech Republic
  • A small bamboo bridge along the Nam Khan River in Luang Prabang, Laos.
  • A large bull is led to the stadium at the Buffalo Fighting Festival in Do Son, Vietnam.
  • An older Mongolian man prepares to take part in the wrestling segment of the traditional Naadam festival in Tsagaannuur, northern Mongolia.
  • Schoolboys play a game of football in a dirt lot in Margao, India.
  • Young boys drink tea and mill about in Ha Giang province in northern Vietnam.
  • Typical traffic in Hanoi, Vietnam.
  • A procession of actors during the theatrical street play that is Holy Week in Pampagna, the Philippines.
  • A festival boat on Inle Lake in Shan State, Myanmar.
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