Large format freehand photographs of barbers not far from Paul Doumer Bridge in Hanoi. Always pictures of crossroads or this mix of pedestrian, bicycles and rickshaws in the good mood of Hanoi; seven women wait under a tree near the bay of Along; farther south a fish seller in Hue, former imperial capital;
Hoi An inundated; a sampan after the storm on the Perfume River; Cat Ba offshore in Halong Bay; Ho Chi Minh City in black and white, mix of modernism and tradition; farther south again the Mekong Delta, magnificent landscape of water, where life is also present thanks to the fabulous floating markets.
Cong Hoa Xa Hoi Chu Nghia Viet Nam or Republic of Vietnam, a part of Indochina possessing a centuries-long history deeply rooted in its South. It’s a country where life is punctuated by the flow of junks and by the perpetual dance of bicycles, mopeds and other rickshaws.
More than elsewhere, good mood is here, the simple and smiling people welcome you, hand on heart, they offer you their friendship and they are used to living following monsoons.
The Mekong River flows. It leaves its marks equably on the topography as an indelible signature, witness of its passing. In the morning, women come together to give life to the floating market, whereas men get together among the barbers in Hanoi.
Wide shot of a sunrise; the dance of the paddles of hardworking guys makes the Delta of Mekong live and sway; a sampan brings the traveler to another fish market. Every detail, every feeling is engraved by the voluptuousness of the high definition format, the subtle nuances and variations in black and white will delight connoisseurs of art prints.