While editing a retrospective of my recent work from Vietnam in the summer of 2019, I discovered 50 yellow boxes of Kodachrome slides in my basement that were shot in 1995. The images were from my first trip to Vietnam.
Hồ Con Rùa is a long-enduring public space in Saigon that perfectly epitomizes the multi-dimensional nature of the city, how it conflicts with itself and how it solves those conflicts. Hồ Con Rùa’s luxuriant green self and the diverse human life surrounding it have made the lake into a shining example of Saigon’s bustling urban dynamism.
Small, old colonial-style Sabaidee Pandaw is one of only a handful of boutique boats on the Upper Mekong, which makes every passenger feel like a true pioneer.