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 »
(12:36am) In the Vancouver airport. So clean, so quiet. The opposite of the Saigon street-scene below. My flight leaves at 2:55am. Rather painful…. ((12:51am) My thoughts turn to food. Selection at the Vancouver airport around 1am is limited to vending machines. I’d love a bowl of pho right about now….
Jul 08, 2008 | Categories: Commentary, Photojournalism | Tags: asia, asian, food, ho chi minh city, motorbike, motorcycle, pho, saigon, soup, traffic, vietnam, vietnamese, vietnamese food, women | Leave A Comment »
A few days ago I wrote about a magazine client calling up and asking if I had any stock images of the Reunification Palace in Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon). I did, and quickly supplied them with an online lightbox to select from on my Digital Railroad archive. Incredibly easy and efficient. That client [...]
Apr 25, 2008 | Categories: Editorial, Photojournalism | Tags: digital railroad, DRR, ho chi minh city, photographer, photography, reunification palace, saigon, time, time magazine, vietnam, vietnamese | 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 »