Justin Guariglia was born in 1974 in New Jersey, USA. After studying Chinese language, history and culture at Beijing's Capital Normal University in the nineties, he embarked on a photographic career specializing in Asia. Chosen as one of top thirty photographers under thirty to watch by Photo District News in 2000, he has since published work in over fifty publications worldwide and received two "Picture of the Year" awards from the University of Missouri. A Contributing Editor of National Geographic Traveler, he is based in Singapore and Tokyo.