A photo exhibition at the Goethe Institute, Hanoi, presents a lovely insight into the capital of Vietnam and its people.
Thephotos show living spaces tucked away in alleys, architecturaldevelopment over the centuries, people savouring a meal on the sidewalk,or rushing to work in a wild river of traffic and so on.
Usingfive different viewpoints and five different cameras, Vietnamese andforeign photographers have captured "the joy and the sadness at the endof the alley in the heart of Hanoi."
Their photographs aredisplayed in the Lost&Found Hanoi exhibition, which opens on April17 following the launch of a book of the same name by Thing Asian Presson April 16.
Flipping through the glossy pages of the book, oneis tempted to lose oneself in this city, discovering places which willmake Hanoi feel like a private terrain which rewards those who learn howto let the city take them in.
There are images showing theexuberance of boys taking flight on skateboards, the trendy chic ofhipsters in tattoos and elegantly tailored blue jeans and the beauty ofageing faces whose countenances have been shaped by decades of struggle.
"Whenwe live in a familiar environment for too long, it is difficult for usto recognise our own problems with the surrounding environment.Therefore, I often pretend I am not from here so that I can travel andexplore life and the living environment of my own city," saidphotographer Nguyen The Son.
"A vision with a different point ofview has brought me a variety of unexpected results. Through numerousvisual art projects, I have investigated Hanoi where I was born andraised," he noted.
Besides photographers Son and Maika Elan ofVietnam, foreign photographers Elizabeth Rush, Matthew Dakin and AaronJoel Santos have also displayed their photos.
"Everything inHanoi has texture, be it the scored construction sites, the slickplastic tables and chairs, the flower nurseries and tarpaulin strung upalong Thuy Khue, and even the air, which sticks to my teeth as I ridethrough the streets at dawn," said Rush at the book-launch ceremony.
Rushis an American writer and photographer who has crossed borders withBangladeshi cattle smugglers, built homes with Lima's squatters, climbedabandoned buildings on Hanoi's periphery and participated in theunderground performance art scene in Yangon, Myanmar.
The exhibition is open to the public until May 18 at Goethe-Institute Hanoi, 56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc street.-VNA
Thephotos show living spaces tucked away in alleys, architecturaldevelopment over the centuries, people savouring a meal on the sidewalk,or rushing to work in a wild river of traffic and so on.
Usingfive different viewpoints and five different cameras, Vietnamese andforeign photographers have captured "the joy and the sadness at the endof the alley in the heart of Hanoi."
Their photographs aredisplayed in the Lost&Found Hanoi exhibition, which opens on April17 following the launch of a book of the same name by Thing Asian Presson April 16.
Flipping through the glossy pages of the book, oneis tempted to lose oneself in this city, discovering places which willmake Hanoi feel like a private terrain which rewards those who learn howto let the city take them in.
There are images showing theexuberance of boys taking flight on skateboards, the trendy chic ofhipsters in tattoos and elegantly tailored blue jeans and the beauty ofageing faces whose countenances have been shaped by decades of struggle.
"Whenwe live in a familiar environment for too long, it is difficult for usto recognise our own problems with the surrounding environment.Therefore, I often pretend I am not from here so that I can travel andexplore life and the living environment of my own city," saidphotographer Nguyen The Son.
"A vision with a different point ofview has brought me a variety of unexpected results. Through numerousvisual art projects, I have investigated Hanoi where I was born andraised," he noted.
Besides photographers Son and Maika Elan ofVietnam, foreign photographers Elizabeth Rush, Matthew Dakin and AaronJoel Santos have also displayed their photos.
"Everything inHanoi has texture, be it the scored construction sites, the slickplastic tables and chairs, the flower nurseries and tarpaulin strung upalong Thuy Khue, and even the air, which sticks to my teeth as I ridethrough the streets at dawn," said Rush at the book-launch ceremony.
Rushis an American writer and photographer who has crossed borders withBangladeshi cattle smugglers, built homes with Lima's squatters, climbedabandoned buildings on Hanoi's periphery and participated in theunderground performance art scene in Yangon, Myanmar.
The exhibition is open to the public until May 18 at Goethe-Institute Hanoi, 56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc street.-VNA
