He has worked in Mexico, India, Pakistan, Kashmir, Sardinia, Ecuador. Ókin is now based in Mexico City.

Widely published, Ókin’s work can be seen in such fine magazines as I have been published in National Geographic (Germany), Time Magazine, The Indipendent on Sunday, The New Yorker Magazine, The Guardian, Glamour, Vanity Fair, Maclean’s Magazine, Dagbladet, Financial Time, Men's Health, GUP Magazine and others.