Below are preliminary sketches from a multimedia project on a decaying French colonial apartment block in Saigon. This building sits on one of the most expensive pieces of real estate in Vietnam, and is not long for this world. Inevitably, it will be demolished in favor of some sort of high rise/shopping mall complex. Until [...]
Jun 03, 2009 | Categories: Editorial | Tags: apartment, architecture, asia, asian, Catinat, development, Dong Khoi, ho chi minh city, multimedia, photo, photographer, photography, Photojournalism, photojournalist, poverty, saigon, soundslides, vietnam, vietnamese, wealth | Leave A Comment »
Last week I flew down to Phu Quoc, a lovely island off the southwest coast of Vietnam, for a luxury resort shoot. The manager, being a warm, generous soul, said it would be fine for my family to come along and stay in one of their swank villas for the week while I toiled (er, [...]
May 27, 2009 | Categories: Commentary, Photojournalism | Tags: architecture, asia, asian, beach, building, design, luxury, photo, photographer, photography, Photojournalism, photojournalist, photoshoot, phu quoc, resort, swimming, travel, vietnam, vietnam hanoi photographer photography photojournalist, vietnamese | 1 Comment »
I wanted to link to a very interesting photography project going on nearby in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. “This photographic art project explores Phnom Penh’s past, present and future through the juxtaposition of different photographic perspective – historical, family album, participatory and professional – all of which focus on one subject: the Municipal Apartments at Bassac [...]
Jun 05, 2008 | Categories: Commentary, Photojournalism | Tags: architecture, asia, asian, cambodia, phnom penh, photo, photography | Leave A Comment »
An editorial client contacted me last week, asking if I had any images of the Reunification Palace in Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon). Luckily i really love that place, and I have a set of images shot a few years ago. I quickly dropped an image set onto my Digital Railroad online archive, and [...]
Apr 21, 2008 | Categories: Commentary, Editorial, Photojournalism | Tags: architecture, asia, asian, ho chi minh city, photographer, photography, reunification palace, saigon, vietnam | Leave A Comment »