US photographer exhibits The Soul of Vietnam
(VOV) - Thirty-five photos taken by US photographer Lawrence D'Attilio are being displayed at an exhibition titled “The Soul of Vietnam” in Work Room 4, An Duong Vuong street in Hanoi.
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“I believe these images mitigate the old idea so many in the West have about Vietnam. It is no longer just rice fields and social conditions determined by a centralized, paternalistic government,” Lawrence D'Attilio said. |
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Lawrence D'Attilio (73 years-old) was born in New York. He is a life-long fine art photographer who, early in his career, studied with Ansel Adams. |
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He first arrived in Hanoi in 2006 with his wife Pam, on the cusp of this wave of change. What he found, a country poised on the edge of an economic revolution, compelled him to return again and again over the next five years. |
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Over the past few years, D'Attilio has travelled through many cities in Vietnam and taken thousands of photographs. |
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D'Attilio pays due attention to Vietnamese girls and women. He now directly manages a project of a non-governmental organization on supporting women against violence in Vinh Phuc province. |
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In his eyes, Vietnam is changing rapidly. The country is becoming unrecognizable from only a decade earlier. |
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The exhibition will last through to December 13. |
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| US photographer Lawrence D'Attilio |