Portraits of Hanoi Youth

Ive been playing with my mamiya medium format camera here and starting a series of portraits based on young people in Vietnam im coming across. These were taken in my friends school on Teachers Day where teachers get given flowers and gifts. Can't see it happening in England,thats Communism for you partly, i think they still do it in Bulgaria too.REspect the teachers i say!

Street photos with a design edge perhaps?

A typical gorgeous Pho Ga, chicken soup...no chicken heads in sight...but not very far..


A street advert for house decorating services, i love the wonky font alignment on the big letters..ooohh!

NIghtime in Hanoi part2

Some random pictures from my cycling journeys getting lost around the city. As anyone who has cycled in Asia can tell you the experience can be quite frustrating as 'free-for-all' at junctions and constant hootings are the norm, dodgy brakes dont help either i suppose.

I was really impressed by this guys mobile karaoke system, it even had wireless microphone so that his partner could croon the pavement diners, and the flashy silver stickers where a bonus.


After this i thought i wouldnt see any more interesting street happenings, but then i stumbled on a square with numerous breakdancing,popping [form of breakdancing], skateboarding and inline skating groups practising. All overlooked by a Lenin statue and the sound of various small amplifiers blasting out some very good funk,electro and breaks....The poppers were especially enthusiastic and relentless, only stopping when their amplifier battery died. I have seen skateboarding in old communist squares in Bulgaria but this was on another scale.

Long Bien Bridge Project

As part of my stay here i am working with Blue Dragon Children's Foundation where i will be delivering some introductory photography workshops with the young people that use their center. Today was the first day of workshops and we went out to take pictures and conduct street interviews for a festival of Hanoi's famous bridge, Long Bien Bridge, that crosses the Red river here.

Here are some of my pics from today, will be developing the childrens' photos tonight or tomorow and maybe posting some of them too...

Nightime in Hanoi, Vietnam

Welcome to my blog, it will mostly feature pictures and maybe some rambling thoughts from my travels in the South East Asia. I will be in Hanoi for a month and a half and then Thailand/Cambodia for 4 weeks. Any tips or contacts most welcome, be it photography work or sharing a beer...hope you enjoy my pictures and occasional musings....