Goethe Institut releases 3rd photo book on Vietnam
VOV.VN - Danang: Coastal City, a photo book edited by Dr Michael Waibel comprised of 600 images in total, documenting the city’s economic transformation, is now available in bookstores nationwide.
The book was ceremoniously released on March 29 at the Goethe Institut located at 56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc Street in Hanoi.
Speaking at the event, Dr Waibel said it took over one year for colleagues and himself to complete the project.
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This is the third in a three-book series of large-format photo books centred around the urbanization and movement of the nation to a more industrialized economy that Dr Waibel has partnered with the Goethe Institut to publish.
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Earlier, two photo books Mega City-Ho Chi Minh City in 2014 and Hanoi- Capital City in 2015 were released, with massive support from sponsor AUDI Vietnam and the German government.
“The photos in my book illustrate the everyday life of urban residents,” said Dr Waibel. This is worth mentioning because many other photo books on the market only show a beautified ‘virtual reality’, often achieved through Photoshop editing.
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Michael Waibel is a researcher and head of urban projects at the faculty of geography of the University of Hamburg in Germany.
