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Fotos von Huong Ky Studio – Kaiser Bao Dai und Victor Tardieu besuchen die Indochina-Schule der Schönen Künste im Jahr 1932

“Diese jemals veröffentlichte Fotoserie stammt aus dem Album „Respektvolle Hommage des Hauses Huong Ky Photo an Herrn Minister für Nationale Bildung in Erinnerung an die Reise von S.M. BAO DAI in Tonkin“.

Kaiser Bao Dai kehrte am 8. September 1932 nach neun Jahren Ausbildung in Paris nach Indochina zurück. Seine Ankunft in Hanoi führte zu großen Feierlichkeiten, darunter Militärparaden, Pferderennen und Besuche in örtlichen Schulen und Unternehmen.

Diese Fotografien bieten einen bemerkenswerten Einblick in die Indochina-Schule der Schönen Künste,

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Zen Garden in “Digital Arts and Design – International Conference and Exhibition”, Bangkok 2024

Gardens hold a significant place in various mythologies around the world, often symbolizing paradise, creation, and the divine. More then now then ever gardens provide a direct connection to nature, offering a peaceful escape from the hustle and bustle of daily life.

In Japanese mythology and Zen Buddhism, gardens are seen as places of meditation and reflection. They often symbolize the natural world in its most essential and abstract form. Early gardens were influenced by Chinese garden philosophy,

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Mountains and People of Ha Gian Region

“I’m contemplating the mountains crossed by the stripes in geometric pattern similar to the locals clothing fabrics. These people have found refuge here, among the heights that scare both Hans and Kinh people from the lowlands. To grow rice, they patiently engraved the land into embroideries of laces that are stretched as far my eyes can see. These strata are marks of time like the concentric circles of a tree.
After this stop, my guide Nam and I get back on our bike to reach Dong Van before nightfall.

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Tales from the Land of Dragons

This series intricately depicts selected nodes of the different threads woven throughout the last century of Vietnamese history, employing narrative elements reminiscent of a compelling tale.

According to ancient Vietnamese mythology, the people of Vietnam are believed to be descendants of a dragon and an Immortal.  The prominent myth of the origins of the Vietnamese people involves Lạc Long Quân, a dragon lord, and Âu Cơ, a fairy, who had 100 children from 100 eggs.

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Series – Souls migration to the Mekong Delta

Photographer Quang Lam delves into the profound context behind his latest series. 

“It all began with my exploration of my family’s ancestral tombs in Bac Lieu. According to family records, our ancestral vault is situated in the tranquil village of Hoa Binh, in the sub-prefecture of Vinh Loi, Bac Lieu province. My father was born in this village, which is home to around 2,000 residents and lies just 5 kilometers from the coast.

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Fiction or Reality – The scream at Long Bien Bridge

This series discusses the interplay between documentary and fiction in storytelling, drawing on quotes from Jean Luc Godard, a key figure in the French New Wave :

 “All great fiction films tend toward documentary, just as all great documentaries tend toward fiction . . . One who opts for one necessarily finds the other at the end of his journey.” “A story should have a beginning, a middle, and an end… but not necessarily in that order.”

It highlights that effective narratives often combine elements of both genres,

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Album Vintage – Long Bien Bridge (Pont Paul Doumer) in 1995

“The bridge was built in 1899–1902 by the architects Daydé & Pillé of Paris, and opened in 1903. Before North Vietnam’s independence in 1954, it was called Paul-Doumer Bridge, named after Paul Doumer – the governor-general of French Indochina and then French president. At 2.4 kilometres in length,it was, at that time, one of the longest bridges in Asia.

Some parts of the original structure remain intact, while large sections have been built later to repair the holes.

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Album Vintage – Crossing the Mekong Delta at Can Tho in the years 2000

Before the bridges were built to span the various arms of the Mekong river, traveling through the Delta meant to wait for the ferries. The most famous one was replaced by the Cần Thơ Bridge, constructed over an arm of the Mekong, the Bassac (or Hau Giang), near the city of Cần Thơ.
“It’s the crossing of a ferry on the Mekong. The elegant man has stepped out of the limousine. He smokes an English cigarette.

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