Tag: vietnam
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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…
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Day 3~ July 3rd~ Vietnam
Behind the facade of every city is the part where real life happens. In Asia, these are the little alleys. Exploring these narrow streets and peeking at the daily acts of living that make up what a culture is about, making eye contact with the locals, having simple conversations, exchanging smiles, glances, sometimes giggles, being…
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Day 2~ July 2nd~ Vietnam
While I was living in New York City a few years back, I heard a story from a friend about eyes that stayed with me since. She said that a native American man came to the city once and realized how hard and unnatural the streets are on the human eyes. He explained that people…