CELEBRATING THE MANY FACES
MISSION
The Humans Being Project (THBP) is a global narrative about people everywhere, illustrating our shared humanity across cultural differences. Through powerful imagery and more, it opens windows into the lives of individuals, communities, and cultures around the world, inviting connection and inspiration. Project founder Merrick Chase is an artist, traveler, and lifelong photographer. With THBP, he seeks to spark wonder, compassion, and a deeper appreciation of life—reminding us that we are all part of the same human family.
ACTIVE WORK
recipe for life -
somatic practice for reality rewiring
While traveling by bicycle through the wilds of Chilean Patagonia in 2025, Merrick began experiencing a series of deep insights shaped by the land. He integrated these with many of his own extraordinary ways of moving through the world to create what he describes as a unique “new human operating system.” It’s designed to help practitioners step away from the dominant global narrative of disinformation, create their own reality from a place of infinite possibility, and move decisively toward manifesting their lifelong dreams and goals.
pedals & prayers: a ride across bhutan -
documentary film
Merrick spent nearly a month traveling across Bhutan with Hungarian extreme athlete and sustainability expert Viktor Zichó in 2024. Moving through landscapes rich in culture, spirit, and humanity, they, along with Bhutanese professional mountain biker Tshering Dundep, shot a film as they bikepacked across the centuries-old Trans-Bhutan Trail, learning firsthand about daily life in Bhutan and its bold approach to sustainability. Completed at the end of 2025, Pedals and Prayers has since screened across Europe and Bhutan and will premiere in France this June at Paris’s ARFF International Film Festival.
women of crested butte -
project & art book
At 2,700 meters elevation in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, USA, sits the small ski town of Crested Butte. Over decades, countless remarkable women have shaped its community, landscape, and spirit. Women of CB is Merrick’s love letter to the town where he raised his young son as a solo parent, and specifically to the community of women who have been deeply woven into its life. Through this ongoing project, he is creating portraits of 100 women as they would like to be remembered a century from now.
DAY TO DAY WITH THBP FOUNDER, MERRICK CHASE
Hi, I’m Merrick! I travel the world to discover communities, cultures, and ways of life far different from my own. I encounter people from all walks of life and tell their stories through imagery, providing windows onto different worlds that aim to inform and inspire others. My intention is that these images will let you see life through others’ eyes, encounter worlds you never imagined existed, and recognize the shared humanity in us all.
You can explore hundreds of images from around the world on the Faces page, and years of archived adventures are available on THBP’s Facebook page.
Many images from Bhutan and other countries are still to come! May the images you see here touch you in some way and open you to possibilities you never sensed existed before…
