Two years later, he moved to New York City to study photography and began working internationally.
He married a Cuban woman, Sissy, and became a father to twin boys, Stefano and Pietro.
He and his family moved to Veracruz, Mexico "after suspicious authorities disapproved of his photography classes, which they thought were unauthorized journalism seminars".
[3][4][5][6] In 2016, after the death of Fidel Castro, Bazan again visited Cuba which provided the material for the book 25 de Noviembre (2020).
In it, "photographs are mixed with drawings, letters, his mother's journal entries, memorabilia and notebook pages."