HANOI – A CITY IN PHOTOGRAPHY
Hanoi is a favorite subject for artists in general and photographers in particular. The city has a vibrant and profound cultural life, with all its unique characteristics shaped by the vicissitudes of history.
Hanoi is a favorite subject for artists in general and photographers in particular. The city has a vibrant and profound cultural life, with all its unique characteristics shaped by the vicissitudes of history.
The “Vietnam’s Cultural Diversity” exhibition features 100 outstanding photographic works from the Vietnam Photo Expression Contest 2020, “Spreading Concern, Sharing Vision on Cultural Diversity,” organized by UNESCO in collaboration with the German Embassy in Hanoi.
Hanoi is a city that was strongly influenced by French culture during the colonial period. At the beginning of the 20th century, this influence, desired and implemented by the colonial administration, was suffered by the Vietnamese population, which also still managed to retain some of its own way of life.
As a photographer, Diego was fascinated by reflections, discovering in them a parallel world waiting to be revealed by the lens of his camera. This obsession led him to see the unseen in the glint of a window glass, the body of a car, a piece of metal, or a puddle of rain.
We cannot comprehend or perceive the passage of time without reference to objects and events. Time can be about everyday existence. It can be about the past, history, or war. It might also be about us yesterday, today, or in an imagined tomorrow.
Hai Thanh (b.1972) has an insatiable drive to photograph. For nearly 30 years, documenting and archiving have been a daily practice.
Robert Doisneau conjugated the verb “to photograph” in the rhythm of day and night. For many years, photography invaded his family’s living space. The bathroom became a darkroom, with constant heat from the print dryer engulfing the atmosphere. A regular day began with hyposulfite and hydroquinone odors permeating the air, punctuated by phone calls from […]
Over the last decade, with the fast growth of the internet and social media, more images have never been widely produced, reproduced, and distributed. With AI, new ideas and images are made daily without intimate or personal ties.
Fashion, like the seashell, is more than just an aesthetic outlook. Beyond the glitz and glam, fashion trends represent the evolution of history and society. They convey messages about the culture and material-spiritual values of generations across communities and countries.
Twenty or more images of Havana cinemas make up the “Teatros” series (2018–2022). Before the revolution, Havana had at least as many movie theaters as New York or Paris, when Cuba was a vacation destination for (primarily) American tourists. Many have not been used for decades, either given a new purpose or withered away with […]
Philippe Marinig is not a sports photographer. His matter is elsewhere. Intrigued by the formal, aesthetic and spiritual similarities of many martial arts, Marinig seeks to understand the deep links that could exist between practices that seem a priori distant.
The series of photographs of Japan by Hai Thanh were taken when the artist visited the country for the first time in 2016 with his family, as a way to record his personal experience and memories during the six-month stay in a country with such a rich and distinctive culture. The
Nguyen The Son will select eight photo reliefs from his original works, “Transform” created ten years ago and respond to them with eight new ones as these structures appear today in 2022. Working with the architectural researcher Yen The, Son has studied the history and life of the inhabitants and the buildings.
AFP photographers captured these unique images from previous Olympic competitions and events leading to the 2024 Games in Paris. The audience will be able to experience and relive the most memorable moments of these major sporting events thanks to AFP’s distinctive perspective – a blend of expertise, creativity, and innovation.
With objects and photographs of his mom, Duy Phuong journeys through time with photography while taking pictures. He remembered his mother through his own thoughts, recalling their protracted and never-ending conversations.
