
BIO
Nicholas Bosoni is an Italian documentary photographer based in Vientiane, Laos, working across Southeast Asia, with a particular focus on the Mekong region. His work explores places undergoing rapid transformation, examining the fragile balance between continuity and change.
With a background in development studies and experience as a geography researcher, Bosoni approaches photography as a way to investigate how economic change, infrastructure, and regional dynamics reshape everyday life. Since 2020, he has been developing long-term visual work that traces these transformations across the region.
Through a quiet, immersive approach grounded in long-term engagement, Bosoni is drawn to environments where time feels layered, where traces of the past remain visible within accelerating change. His work questions the idea of progress and its underlying assumptions.
His photographs have been exhibited internationally and published in global media. He collaborates with NGOs, research institutions, and development initiatives across Southeast Asia.
For inquires, assignments or collaborations contact Nicholas at nicholasbosoni@gmail.com.
On Instagram @nichobos.
PUBLICATIONS
2026 O.cult Mag. A way of life fades in Bangkok’s Chinatown
2025 Post Magazine. What is Hmong New Year, and how is it celebrated in modern-day Laos?
2024 Zeit Online. Kommt her, hier gibt es mehr als genug Frauen
2024 Der Spiegel. Das macht das Geld aus China mit dem kleinen Laos
2023 Post Magazine. Laos farmers cling to a way of life that’s vanishing as developer drains marsh they rely on for water
2022 Global China Pulse. Boten: From Dawn till Dusk
2021 The Diplomat. Laos Unlocked. A trip on the maiden journey of the $5.9 billion Laos- China Railway
2021 The Diplomat. Boten: The renaissance of the Laos’s Golden City
EXHIBITIONS
2025 Group show - Freelens Galerie - Climate Realities: Stories from a changing world (Hamburg, Germany)
2025 Solo show - International Month of Photojournalism (Padova, Italy)
2025 Screening - Angkor Photo Festival (Siem Reap, Cambodia)
2023 Solo Show - Institut français du Laos (Vientiane, Laos)
RECOGNITIONS
2025 Hamburg Portfolio Review - 100 emerging photographers
2025 Le Rencontres de la Photographie Marrakech - Finalist
2024 Festival della Fotografia Etica - Spotlight Award Shortlisted