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Saigon, now called Ho Chi Minh City, is a thriving metropolis and seeing the Kodak branding made me feel right at home.
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Undulating currents of families on motorbikes crammed the streets. The nighttime atmosphere was festive yet quiet. The lamppost light shined like a star and I thought of the Christmas carol, O Little Town of Bethlehem…so surprised was I to see Christmas being celebrated here.
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While undulating currents of families on motorbikes crammed the streets, there must have been a traffic light that stopped this family.
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Demonstrations at the Cu Chi War Museum show how ingeniously and secretively the tunnels were dug and buried into the landscape. Here you see it…
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And now you don’t! Where is it?
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Tourism as well as fishing and agriculture have made My Tho a thriving city in the Mekong Delta. It is hard for me to imagine that the Mekong River was the dark setting for the 1979 movie, Apocalypse Now…and here I am cruising on a delightful sightseeing adventure.
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During a river excursion My Tho we stopped for a taste of local fruit and to see and purchase local crafts. The fruits were delicious and fresh. I immediately became a fan of blood oranges and purchase them at home when the markets here carry them. The fruit dsplay was visually delicious as well.
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How absolutely fascinating that local artisans should use the fibrous roots as beards and hair for wizened faces. A friend had bought me such a carving as a gift many years ago and now I saw for myself the Asian art,
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My Tho in the Mekong Delta is a popular tourist center.
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The rhythm of color of the docked boats caught my eye
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Ha Long Bay has a long history. The ancient Viet people date back 18,000 years and the fishing communities we visited still retain their unique culture.
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A lone fishing boat out in the bay and the famous karst mountains obscured by the fog…
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Ha Long Bay is one of the world’s most beautiful bays as well as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. In 2011 it was even named one of the new 7 wonders of Nature…and on the day I visited the beauty was shrouded by poor light….so I recreated reality.
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Ha Long Bay has a long history. The ancient Viet people date back 18,000 years and the fishing communities we visited still retain their unique culture. Even when the light is wonderful, I am sometimes moved to reduce my visual field to basic art elements. The world is my palette. This image reminds me of former days doing lithography.
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Pressures of capitalism are making it difficult for the Aberdeen Fishing Village in Hong Kong Harbor to endure and I hope that Vietnam can retain its unique and ancient heritage.
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The Bãi Cháy Bridge is the first central-line cable-stayed bridge in Vietnam. It was completed in December 2006…just in time for my visit.
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The symmetry of the two doors, two people in the two posters and the two guides in the doorway…visual alliteration…I photographed them.
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At one point the river abutted the street and a solidary fisherman looked up at me as I walked by and smiled.
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The softness of the light…the warmth of the air…the quiet expanse of sand and surf….China Beach…nothing like the TV series and nothing like its panacea for escape from combat.
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The patina of time merged with color and rhythm made for closer photographic scrutiny when I edited my files.
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The patina of time merged with color and rhythm made for closer photographic scrutiny when I edited my files. Sometimes there are many possibilities.
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The river cruise, lovely as the name of the river, comes from the scent of the voluminous orchids that dropped into the river from the orchards near Huế.
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The river cruise, lovely as the name of the river, comes from the scent of the voluminous orchids that dropped into the river from the orchards near Huế.
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Some of the Perfume River tour boats were decorated to look like serpents and gave the boat ride a hint of fantasy.
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To market to market to sell a fresh pig….this tricycle is filled with slaughtered pigs.
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The food was delicious at the restaurant, Phuoc Thanh, in Huế and the presentation was visually delicious as well.
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The food was delicious at the restaurant, Phuoc Thanh, in Huế and the presentation was visually delicious as well.
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I couldn’t resist having a traditional Vietnamese dress made here. It is being cut out in this photograph and I will wear it at the reception of my Vietnam exhibition….yet to be determined…
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The skyline looks like a bustling city and Vietnam has made a giant leap into the modern era.
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From our hotel rooftop the nighttime skyline was bejeweled with lights.
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The congestion…the hanging electric lines….this could be the lower east-side tenements of New York City a century ago….but no…this is Hanoi.
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The abundance of color and the clutter crammed my visual field and I deliberately softened the grit and grime in post processing.
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The abundance of color and the clutter crammed my visual field and I deliberately softened the grit and grime in post processing.
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Business didn’t seem to be booming…
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She wore a mask to protect her face from the sunlight, not the pollution.
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Gorgeous clusters of flowers concealed the young woman pushing her bicycle down the street. The freshness of the bouquets contrasted greatly with the gritty locale.
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The blend of old with new was of constant interest.
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The infamous Maison Centrale, built during French occupation and coined Hanoi Hilton, has been cleaned up and tempered down to become a museum for tourists. High-rise buildings have replaced much of this notorious interrogation center for shot-down American pilots. American POW’s coined the nickname, Hanoi Hilton.
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Driving through Saigon at night, this sweet face connected with me. The taxi window separated us but our eyes locked and we were both enchanted to be in the midst of festivities.
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The color and composition caught my eye as well as the grittiness of life here.
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This pagoda stands, so serene, on top of Ha Khe Hill but its history is tumultuous. In 1963 Thich Quang Duc rode from Huế to Saigon and torched himself as a gesture of defiance that set off many more acts of immolation. Today Buddhist monks live on the grounds to worship and maintain the shrine. It has seven stories and is the tallest pagoda in Vietnam.
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Western influence is apparent and if I didn’t know I was in Hanoi I could have been in an western shopping area.
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The infamous Maison Centrale, coined Hanoi Hilton, has been cleaned up and tempered down to become a museum. High-rise buildings have replaced much of this interrogation center for shot-down American pilots. American POW’s coined the nickname, Hanoi Hilton.
