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  • There are two distinct types of images in travel photography; those that you plan for, usually in the form of beautiful landscape photographs, and those which come about serendipitously as you wander the streets with your camera and a keen eye. This is a great example of the latter..I made this portrait in the charming town of Hoi An which is draped with the influence of all the seafaring cultures of both Asia and Europe that have been trading here for over four centuries. I was actually walking back to the old French part of town to photograph some of the buildings and architecture I had seen the day before when the lighting wasn't ideal. I took a shortcut through the main market, figuring Asian markets are always a good source of those afore mentioned serendipitous moments. Wait a minute, can you plan for serendipitous moments? Ah yes, the middle path, Buddha would be proud! Anyway, as I came out the other side of the market I saw this old woman walking towards the market on the other side of the street. I knew instantly, I had to take her portrait. I approached her with a smile and my best attempt at hello in Vietnamese. I quickly found out that we weren't going to understand a single syllable of what each other was saying. Given her age in Vietnam, it very likely she actually speaks three or more languages as many of the older generations can speak, French, Chinese or even Russian. Unfortunately, I am no more familiar with those languages than I am with Vietnamese. Fortunately however, I also found out that it really didn't matter. She was one of the sweetest people I met during my two months in Vietnam. We must have had a twenty minute conversation on that sidewalk. A conversation of meaningless words, yet an incredible amount of understanding and laughter. I was definitely intrigued by her. After all, she has lived through several wars, been colonized, seen governments come and go and probably walked to this market everyday for the past sixty or seventy years.
    Two Toothed Grin.tif
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  • Hoan Kiem Lake and it's "Tortoise Tower", home to Hanoi's most famous legend.
    HoanKiemLakeAndThe'ThapRua'Tortoise ...tif
  • As the largest religious structure ever built and proprietor of some of the world’s most magnificent stone carvings, Angkor Wat is considered by many to be one of the greatest architectural achievements in human history. Divided into the three main levels of the Hindu cosmos, it features an 800 meter long gallery of magnificent bas-reliefs depicting epic stories from Hindu mythology, four stone block swimming pools and five central towers. These towers depict the peaks of Mount Meru, home of the gods and the center of the Hindu universe. At over 180 feet high, they can not only be seen from the town of Siem Reap six kilometers away, they can also be seen all over the country as the main symbol on the Cambodian flag.<br />
The Wat is the crowning achievement of the Khmer civilization which, in it’s prime, ruled over most of Southeast Asia. It was commissioned by and built for the god-king, Suryavarman II who was worshipped as an incarnation of the protector god Vishnu. The only temple in the Khmer empire facing West into the setting sun, a symbol of death in Hinduism, it is an accepted belief that it was built as a mausoleum for Suryavarman II. The fact that it took 50,000 artist and laborers nearly 40 years to complete is a testament to the Khmers power, wealth and devotion.<br />
To make this photograph showing all five towers, I walked off of the main causeway and joined the cattle that still graze in the fields contained within Angkor’s vast complex. Taken just before sunset, it illustrates why we photographers refer to this time of day as “golden hour”. Taken at any other time of the day, the wat wouldn’t have this beautiful golden color of the sunset, but rather it’s natural stone-grey color.
    AngkorWatAtGoldenHour.tif
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  • I made this photograph of a hilltribe (a.k.a. montagnard in Vietnam) girl at the outdoor market in Bac Ha Vietnam. Although only 110 kilometers (68 miles) from Sapa, the trip took over five hours in the old Russian built 4X4 I rented. Getting there was truly half the fun! The remoteness of Bac Ha also makes it a photographer's paradise. Upon arrival at the market, I found no tourists and had the bustling collage of the ten different hilltribes that live, farm and raise livestock in the surrounding hills to myself. As much as it is obviously a place to buy, sell and trade their goods, the market also serves as an important social gathering place to all of the tribes in the region..This young girl, as with all of the women at the market, uses this large social gathering to showcase her most elaborate handmade headdress and silver jewelry. Individuals take great pride in their attire because it reflects not only the tribe the belong to, but also their families social status and wealth. Just as I had framed her gnawing on her favorite market treat, a stalk of sugarcane, she took a break and glanced perfectly into my lens providing me with this image and the knowledge that having a sweet tooth is truly cross-cultural.
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  • A hilltribe girl works on the fields and takes care of her younger brother
    TheYoungTaking CareOfTheYounger.tif
  • Formerly the grandest hotel in Saigon, The Hotel de Ville is now known as The People's Committee Building.
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  • Soilders train in the martial arts outside Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum.
    GiveMeAK.tif
  • A young Flower Hmong girl carrying her wash basin
    OffToDoTheWashin.tif
  • A nightime shot of "Uncle Ho's" Mausoleum in Hanoi.
    HoChiMinhsMausoleum.tif
  • HilltribeBabyNappingOnMamasBack.tif
  • The  beauty of the winding dirt track road to Sapa is only matched by the danger.
    DelaysOnTheRoadToSapa.tif
  • The most beautiful road in Vietnam
    TramTonPass.tif
  • An elderly Vietnamese woman emerges from the shadows wearing her "non" or Vietnamese conical hat.
    OldLadyWithNon.tif
  • MorningStrollAroundHoanKiemLake.tif
  • AColorfulPlaceForANap.tif
  • SistersInDiagonal.tif
  • OldManPlowingFieldNearMaiSon.tif
  • HusbandAWifeFishingTeamInHoiAn.tif
  • AnywhereAnytime.tif
  • SlySmile.tif
  • SunflowersInDalat.tif
  • EverydayMeditation.tif
  • FemaleMonkRidingBicycle.tif
  • TheAnnualFlood.tif
  • GardnersToolsAtTheTempleOfLiterature.tif
  • Living in the Mekong Delta, the people in this region of Vietnam seem to spend more of their life on or in the water than on dry land. Obviously, the most readily available source of protein in this region is fish, which is where this boys daily chore comes in. What initially appears to be every little boy's dream of playing in the mud, upon closer inspection shows that, he is in fact collecting the daily catch along the banks of the river.
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  • DareToBeDifferent.tif
  • HmongGirlWorkingInTheMountains.tif
  • HilltribeGirlWorkingWithHerTrustyPal.tif
  • ADentistsNightmare.tif
  • HomemadeFloatationDevice.tif
  • A hilltribe girl works on the fields and takes care of her younger brother
    TheYoungTaking CareOfTheYounger.tif