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Ten years of nomadic explorations have not only influenced my values dramatically, but also the way I observe modernity’s expansion and its sacrifices. Having played my part in the publishing industry I’m convinced, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that visual content is the most effective universal language, with photography championing the most seductive of all art forms. Powered by words, photography, and videography, I explore the contemporary society and global influences on artisan practices & livelihoods across the globe.

With the colonial conquest of air and waters, Europe has spread ideas, merchandise, and people across the planet, transforming humanity at a fast pace. Most of the earth’s indigenous ethnicities nowadays, more than a third of a billion altogether, face the same crux — They either adopt an industrialised lifestyle or remain loyal to their traditions and disadvantaged in the contemporary world. Despite the fact that globalization has brought indisputable upgrades in education, health and prosperity, but by joining the modern world, aboriginal people usually trade livelihoods that are harmonised with their ecosystems for new ones that may destroy it, whilst their tribal identity melts into a uniformed national or even international one. For many youngsters, these circumstances make for a challenging choice. Labor as a self-taught artisan aka huntsman or an educated clerk? Participate in a barter or a cash economy? Believe in the ancestral tales or the ones broadcasted on TV and social media? Eventually, the sum of decisions of the remaining indigenous societies will determine if humanity will evolve into an industrial monoculture, or (less likely) sustain individual traditions.

From multimedia documentaries to high-end photography and classic journalism, my stories are regularly featured by international and national media, magazines online and offline, as well as TV. Feel free to immerse yourself into some of my widely published narratives:

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Behind the Scenes

What if getting lost was the point all along?

In the published book Grand (De)tour – The Long Way Home, Claudio Sieber trades Swiss predictability for boundary-blurring wanderings across Asia and the fringes of Oceania. From urban mirages to wayward foray, this is no curated travelogue, but a raw, sharply observed chronicle of cultural collisions, wrong turns, and unexpected clarity in motion. With wit, sarcasm, and unapologetic honesty, he reveals what happens when you stop chasing bucket lists to follow the sidetracks instead. Absurd, humbling, and quietly transformative, this is slow travel, stripped to its essence.

Ten Swiss summers have passed since Claudio Sieber, now 43, traded his neatly packaged homeland and a career in marketing and sales for the unruly sprawl of the wider world. What began as a brief escape from order soon unraveled into a full-blown riot against routine, comfort, and conventional ambition. By 2024, he reflects on a journey that gleefully sidestepped the beaten path and every influencer-approved “hidden gem.” From plodding along backroads on foot to clinging to dilapidated motorcycles, drifting on creaky wooden boats, or wobbling atop tiny horses, Claudio dove in—not tourist-deep, but raw, unfiltered, and trail-worn deep—into places guidebooks barely bother to footnote. His richly textured stories chronicle wild detours and spontaneous, yet sincere encounters with people he sought not as subjects, but as windows into a different way of life. And when the world shut down, Claudio found himself marooned in Siargao, the Philippines’ laid-back haven of surf, slow living, and salt-kissed idealism.

Grand (De)tour – The Long Way Home features insights into the following countries: Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, East Timor, Papua New Guinea, and the Philippines. Along the way, readers discover what travel looks like when untethered from filters, itineraries, and pretenses. It’s a crash course in cultural humility—and in the quiet beauty of finding meaning not at the destination, but somewhere between broken motorbikes, mistranslations, and fleeting moments of unexpected clarity.

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