Tag: hanoi
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Day 15~ July 15th~ Vietnam
It is always in the simplest of people that kindness finds a home… Hanoi~ Vietnam
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Day 14~ July 14th~ Vietnam
In their faces I saw resolve, in their way I felt determination, and in their stance I admired great patience. photo taken: working women on bikes~ Hanoi~ Vietnam
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Day 12~ July 12th~ Vietnam
If I were to list seven qualities that compel me to photograph children: 1. connection to essences 2. human potential 3. innocence 4. freedom 5. art 6. expression 7. happiness photo taken: child running outside Hanoi~ Vietnam
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Day 11~ July 11th~ Vietnam
To survive on this planet, all humans must eat. we seem to celebrate this fact by coming together socially when we eat. All over the world food seems to accompany celebrations and social gatherings. In Asia this is even more extreme. Street food is a thriving and very colorful affair that draws people together at…
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Day 10~ July 10th~ Vietnam
Since the 11th century, when the rice fields would flood in Vietnam, the villagers used to fashion wooden puppets over the water creating shows for story telling and entertainment. This tradition survives today through the Thang Long Water Puppet Theater in Hanoi and is a marvel to witness. Dragons, kings and queens float in lacquered…
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Day 8~ July 8th~ Vietnam
How often do we see people passing us by and dismiss them as one in the crowd? Sometimes I love to imagine the kind of childhood they had, how they liked their school, what friends they have, how they first fell in love, and how their voice sounds when they sing. Yes, every single one…
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Day 7~ July 7th~ Veitnam
Aging is the celebration of us escaping death. Why does it scare us so much? Is the fact that we are nearing death? photo: old woman in Hanoi
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Day 6~ July 6th~ Vietnam
City sidewalks are places of never-ending surprises and the places where photograph opportunities stare you right in the face. It is where the truth of people can be seen, their candid lives are in display and for me it is a place where I can feel humanity. We overpopulate the earth and we walk side…
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Day 5~ July 5th~ Vietnam
Somewhere along the way during human history, the essence of trust was forced to retreat. In a country like Vietnam where people had to suffer one occupation after another, and one war followed by the next, seeing a foreigner does not call out the essence of trust as a first principle. Warmth has to be…
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Day 4~ July 4th~ Vietnam
It has been a challenge to keep the daily posts on time during this trip. Arrived in Beirut on July 5th to find a national internet power down, so here, doing the best I can. One of the great struggles a street photographer has while walking in a new city is trying not to be…