kiemchacsu Posted May 29, 2015 Author Share #41 Posted May 29, 2015 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hi Henry, If I knew that, I would have shown you where to buy film in Hanoi. In fact, Film photography is growing steadily in the young community here in Vietnam, like me for instance. Now we have several labs dedicated to film photography in both Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh city, even some guys offer dark room services if you want to develop and enlarge your own films Hi Trung, During my last visit in 2014, I have difficulty finding film in Hanoi. Apparently people are no longer interested only in digital. It seems that Vietnamese do not like film as you and it's very unfortunate. I have digital photos of Hanoi (M8 and M9) but I prefer the same in film, more faithful color IMHO Best Henry 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted May 29, 2015 Posted May 29, 2015 Hi kiemchacsu, Take a look here Hanoi viewed through Leica M. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
kiemchacsu Posted May 29, 2015 Author Share #42 Posted May 29, 2015 Dear John, I appreciate very much your gut thought about Vietnam in post-war era. One of the reasons why I decided to do documentary photos about Hanoi, where I live now, is I want to record the development of the city. Recently, many Western folks have come back to Vietnam and did photo exhibitions taken when they were in Vietnam. For instance you can see some photo from 1990 era here. I guess you are very familiar with them since you were there at the same period. I was really impressed with those photos and realized that our country is developing, even with not-yet-satisfied momentum. If you can, please do show your photos here. Below is the link to photos of Hanoi 20 years ago for your reference. http://www.reds.vn/index.php/khoanh-khac-lich-su/402-nhung-buc-anh-vo-gia-ve-ha-noi-mua-xuan-1990 In the same web site, you can also find a lot of historical photos of Vietnam and others http://www.reds.vn/index.php/khoanh-khac-lich-su Lovely images, Trung. Thank you for posting. I visited Hanoi for the Tet holiday in 1992 (I was living in Hong Kong then) - I came with my mountain bike and Hasselblad, in a backpack (sadly, can't post the images here). I think I was there for a week; I explored Hanoi by bicycle, traveled up the Perfume River, and out to Ha Long Bay. It was an interesting trip for me. My country participated in the Vietnam War, and Uncle Ho was viewed as a dangerous man, much like Mao Zedong. I was a child during the 1960s, and life was punctuated with the famous photojournalist images of the war, and it was the first time war images were brought into our homes through television. My generation was generally very anti-war - protest songs and the growth of a youth culture rebelling against the conservatism of those who had fought in World War 2 was the background of my formative years. Visiting Hanoi was very interesting 23 years ago - very few cars, lots of bicycles and small motorbikes. I attracted a lot of attention on my mountain bike - it was very cold, so I was wearing a helmet, gloves, lycra and a warm jacket. I don't think the locals had seen anything like it. I'd usually attract a crowd when I stopped to take a picture (take a light reading, take a few images - it all took time with a 503cx). Usually some child would throw a firecracker at me, to the amusement of all! Apart from the rather beautiful, if rather decayed, French colonial buildings, I was struck by the genuine friendliness of the people of the North. None of the glib and insincere friendliness (with American accented English) you get in many parts of SE Asia. I met a very nice guy at Ho Chi Minh's mausoleum (Vietnamese now living in California). We got to talking, we had dinner with his former-NVA cousins (they had walked the Ho Chi Minh trail and had fought in the South during the war). They were very kind - I joined them for a family trip down to Ha Long Bay, complete with a boat trip. They wouldn't let me pay for a thing. I have often wondered what has happened to those lovely, quiet, generous people. Vietnam was just opening up to trade with the West in those days. Sitting in the bar of the Sofitel (the only comfortable hotel at that time), there were lots of very strange deals going on, in hushed American accents. Thank you for sharing your images, and please keep doing so. If I can find the time to scan my negatives from my trip, I will post a link to Flickr here. Cheers John 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
likalar Posted May 29, 2015 Share #43 Posted May 29, 2015 Excellent series, and I would like to add my name to the list of viewers that say "thank you". Larry 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
larsv Posted May 31, 2015 Share #44 Posted May 31, 2015 from a recent roll: waiting for the rain by kiemchacsu, on Flickr Leica M2 35/2 Summicron IV Tmax400 developed in HC-110 E I think this one is really standing out, the situation, the atmosphere, the rain, the light, the selective focus. I think that you have a very good eye. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrancoisF Posted May 31, 2015 Share #45 Posted May 31, 2015 Welcome to the Forum Kiemchacsu, Beautiful pictures! I like very much : - Photo # 3 for the overcast sky, which gives an atmosphere of life flowing slowly. - Photo # 9 with its beautiful black & white. Francois 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiemchacsu Posted June 1, 2015 Author Share #46 Posted June 1, 2015 (edited) Thank you all for your reactions to the series. I really appreciate. To continue, I'd like to share with you some photos taken from a site to be demolished for road widening. Hanoi in particular and Vietnam in general are developing very fast. The old infrastructure cannot bear the current density and capacity of people. Compensation for site clearance is remain one of the biggest issues for development. 71 site clearance 1 by kiemchacsu, on Flickr 72 site clearance 5 by kiemchacsu, on Flickr 73 site clearance 7 by kiemchacsu, on Flickr 74 site clearance 4 by kiemchacsu, on Flickr 75 site clearance 2 by kiemchacsu, on Flickr site clearance for road widening by Trung Nguyen, on Flickr Edited June 1, 2015 by kiemchacsu 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iduna Posted June 1, 2015 Share #47 Posted June 1, 2015 Advertisement (gone after registration) Trung, very interesting and illustrative reportage this new series. It gives much information about life and private homes. Thanks for showing us this world. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiemchacsu Posted June 2, 2015 Author Share #48 Posted June 2, 2015 I recently purchase a Rolleiflex 3.5F. I am still trying to learn how to use the medium format camera for streetfotographie. Anyways, below are some results. I'd appreciate any advice of using the Rolleiflex. I am too acquainted to the Leica M though. It was too hot these day in Hanoi by Trung Nguyen, on Flickr Street vendors by Trung Nguyen, on Flickr Hanoi 5/2015 by Trung Nguyen, on Flickr 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IkarusJohn Posted June 2, 2015 Share #49 Posted June 2, 2015 The subject isn't so strong in the first image, but I like the other 2 a lot. There's something very liberating about the 6x6 format. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brill64 Posted June 2, 2015 Share #50 Posted June 2, 2015 great photo study of an area. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiemchacsu Posted June 2, 2015 Author Share #51 Posted June 2, 2015 fly as is A series photos of Hanoi in 1979, just after the civil war ended 4 years. http://www.reds.vn/index.php/khoanh-khac-lich-su/9078-hinh-anh-cuc-chat-ve-ha-noi-1979 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brenton C Posted June 3, 2015 Share #52 Posted June 3, 2015 It's eye opening to see pictures of a place that we rarely see. Especially so when what we have known here in the west has been the subject of controversy and polarizing and, shall we say, extreme presentation bias? I remember the propaganda of war, but nothing else since, about Vietnam. Please keep up your good work for our eager eyes and minds to take in. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill W Posted June 5, 2015 Share #53 Posted June 5, 2015 Really enjoyed the black & white series, they are superb. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allamande Posted June 7, 2015 Share #54 Posted June 7, 2015 I join with all others in welcoming you to the forum and add my thanks for these beatifyully realized sets of images and the compelling, ungoing story of Vietnam. It is particularly delicious to see all this produced with film! I will keep looking. Ece 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailronin Posted June 10, 2015 Share #55 Posted June 10, 2015 A beautiful series of photographs, thank you for sharing your city with us. keep up the great work. best regards Dave 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
atournas Posted June 13, 2015 Share #56 Posted June 13, 2015 I see a very promising combination in these pictures: Leica M, an anthropocentric city, and an unmanipulated eye. Nice shots. Keep it that way. Paul 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiemchacsu Posted June 15, 2015 Author Share #57 Posted June 15, 2015 Thank you very much for your attentions. Sometimes I was wondering if I should continue to post the photos of Hanoi with my particular point of view because I feel that it's not fair by not showing the images that depict a developing Hanoi (and Vietnam that may surprise you), in stead of images that I am showing here. Anyways, please be noted that my photos are very much biased and may not reflect the true situation of Hanoi. Enjoy some new photos! In Dong Xuan market by Trung Nguyen, on Flickr a boy riding fixie by Trung Nguyen, on Flickr New upper middle class in Hanoi by Trung Nguyen, on Flickr Old man with his cat in front of his sundries kiosk by Trung Nguyen, on Flickr 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IkarusJohn Posted June 15, 2015 Share #58 Posted June 15, 2015 (edited) I don't think you need to worry - we pretty much all see modern buildings in our daily lives. What Hanoi has to offer is that vanishing traditional world. It's lovely to see. PS - your image of the conical hats (redolent of television images from the war) brought back an interesting memory which might amuse you. When I visited Ha Long Bay in 1993 (I think it was 1993, it could have been a year either side), we crossed a river on one of those car ferries. There were lots of traders and people milling about, including a woman singing and playing spoons (I assume she was begging). For some reason, she caught my attention. Back In Hong Kong, I watched a movie, either Indochine starring Katherine de Neuve, or The Lover starring Tony Leung and Jane March, anyway there in the movie was the woman on the same ferry, with her spoons and singing. It was a very odd feeling. Edited June 15, 2015 by IkarusJohn 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Henry Posted June 15, 2015 Share #59 Posted June 15, 2015 Yes , very nice and interesting series Trung Thanks again for sharing Best Henry 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiemchacsu Posted June 17, 2015 Author Share #60 Posted June 17, 2015 I don't think you need to worry - we pretty much all see modern buildings in our daily lives. What Hanoi has to offer is that vanishing traditional world. It's lovely to see. PS - your image of the conical hats (redolent of television images from the war) brought back an interesting memory which might amuse you. When I visited Ha Long Bay in 1993 (I think it was 1993, it could have been a year either side), we crossed a river on one of those car ferries. There were lots of traders and people milling about, including a woman singing and playing spoons (I assume she was begging). For some reason, she caught my attention. Back In Hong Kong, I watched a movie, either Indochine starring Katherine de Neuve, or The Lover starring Tony Leung and Jane March, anyway there in the movie was the woman on the same ferry, with her spoons and singing. It was a very odd feeling. Dear John, I always find the stories in your posts very interesting. If you can please keep sharing with us your experiences (and photos even better) you got back to the time you were visiting Vietnam. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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