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| Le Minh Truong's black-and-white photographs document the continuity of rural life and explore the impact of social and technological change in a rapidly developing Vietnam. "Like my generation, young photographers today are interested in the lives of the people and nature in Vietnam, but they work with greater freedoms and a much broader range of content, inspiration and style." . |
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| Tien River Girls, 1990, black-and-white photograph, 14 x 18 inches; Courtesy of C. David and Jean Thomas The arching roof of the boat frames the scene, echoing the curves of the women's backs and hats. "I was at first taken aback by seeing women pulling up a fifty-meter net loaded with fish and lobster on the Tien Giang River. During the war, such heavy work fell to women." |
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| The Land and Water, black-and-white photograph, 18 x 14 inches; Courtesy of C. David and Jean Thomas Rural farmers bail water to irrigate their onion fields in the Mekong Delta. "I wanted to capture this scene now because I knew that in but a very few years, farmers would be able to afford machinery that would supplant such labor." Color > |
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