Chronicles :
Photography and writing intertwine to reveal territories, rituals, migrations, and identities across Latin America, Southeast Asia, and Europe.
La fotografía y la escritura se entrelazan para revelar territorios, rituales, migraciones e identidades a lo largo de América Latina, el Sudeste Asiático y Europa.
Nueve Noches en Llamas / Nine Nights in Flames - Phuket
A visual chronicle of the Phuket Vegetarian Festival — nine nights where fire, trance, devotion, and the sacred presence of the Ma Song transform the streets into living altars in southern Thailand. Photographed from within the heart of the procession, this story explores what faith does to the body, how a community moves as one organism, and how ritual survives through noise, chaos, tenderness, and light.
A journey into the heat, smoke, and spiritual resilience of one of Southeast Asia’s most intense cultural ceremonies.
Sindoor Jatra: The Nepali New Year — When Vertigo Becomes Prayer. / Sindoor Jatra: el año nuevo Nepalí. Cuando el vértigo se convierte en plegaria
Sindoor Jatra — the New Year festival of Thimi, Nepal — turns the city into a living altar of dust, music, and devotion. Through this chronicle, John Cuesta captures the tension between chaos and prayer, between the sacred and the human pulse that holds a community together.
El Sindoor Jatra —el festival de Año Nuevo de Thimi, Nepal— convierte la ciudad en un altar vivo de polvo, música y devoción. A través de esta crónica, John Cuesta captura la tensión entre el caos y la plegaria, entre lo sagrado y el pulso humano que mantiene unida a la comunidad.