Hanoi viewed through Leica M

[kiemchacsu]

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waiting for customers by kiemchacsu, on Flickr

 

[crosseyed-cricket]

Wonderful photographs..I've enjoyed them all.

 

[kiemchacsu]

Wonderful photographs..I've enjoyed them all.

thanks crosseyed-cricket

 

[noisycheese]

... yes very exotic ... more please

@kiemchacsu,
Your images are truly fantastic - please show us more!

Also... Not to steal your thunder, but this is a book I would highly recommend. André Lützen has an outstanding eye; his photographs bring to mind the words of Bruce Gilden: "If you can smell the street by looking at the photo, it's a street photograph." Lützen's images are photos that you not only can smell - you can nearly feel the oppressive heat and humidity of Hanoi's relentless climate: http://www.amazon.com/Public-Privat...27775342&sr=1-1&keywords=public+private+hanoi

I never had much interest in visiting Hanoi - and then I saw André Lützen's photographs and that changed almost immediately. From my outsider's perspective, Hanoi is an intriguing city; the people are obviously resourceful and resilient by virture of the fact that in spite of the multitude of challenges they face daily, ultimately they manage to prevail in a city where the vast majority of we soft westeners would be sucked under.

Between your images, the book and the images posted by benji77, seeing and photographing the people of Hanoi has become a must do for me.

 

[pakeha]

Not only myself, but my sons have really enjoyed the images here, they have gained an insight into a small part of the world, a part of the world that they only knew about through popular myth and propaganda. Thank you🙂

 

[kiemchacsu]

Thanks for your words! I've search the book you recommended and found it quite interesting.

Hanoi is changing every day. Sometimes when I looked at photos I took several years ago, I was amazed how the city had changed. What you see today may be not available tomorrow. For instance all buildings you see in this post is now gone. My ambition is to document the city as much as I can.

If you have chance to visit Hanoi, feel free to contact me.

@kiemchacsu,
Your images are truly fantastic - please show us more!

Also... Not to steal your thunder, but this is a book I would highly recommend. André Lützen has an outstanding eye; his photographs bring to mind the words of Bruce Gilden: "If you can smell the street by looking at the photo, it's a street photograph." Lützen's images are photos that you not only can smell - you can nearly feel the oppressive heat and humidity of Hanoi's relentless climate: http://www.amazon.com/Public-Privat...27775342&sr=1-1&keywords=public+private+hanoi

I never had much interest in visiting Hanoi - and then I saw André Lützen's photographs and that changed almost immediately. From my outsider's perspective, Hanoi is an intriguing city; the people are obviously resourceful and resilient by virture of the fact that in spite of the multitude of challenges they face daily, ultimately they manage to prevail in a city where the vast majority of we soft westeners would be sucked under.

Between your images, the book and the images posted by benji77, seeing and photographing the people of Hanoi has become a must do for me.

 

[kiemchacsu]

Thank you. It's really my pleasure to convey images of Hanoi city to other people in different regions of the world. However, may I mind you that what you see is just a small part of the city. I cannot depict every senses of Hanoi. Hanoi is developing very fast, that's the fact. There are many new developed areas (that's I don't have mood to photograph) besides the scenes that you see in this thread.

Not only myself, but my sons have really enjoyed the images here, they have gained an insight into a small part of the world, a part of the world that they only knew about through popular myth and propaganda. Thank you🙂

 

[kiemchacsu]

Hello again,

Recently, I've added a Rolleiflex 3.5F Xenotar to my gears collection.
I thought that my Leica setup was more than enough for me and I would not buy any other film cameras anymore; but suddenly I decided to break my rule and pull the trigger.
I am still learning to work with the Rolleiflex and it is actually a quite new way to take photos, especially with the street photos which I already get used to do so with Leica.
Anyway, I will continue to update this thread, even though some photos from now on were taken by the 3.5F

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Hanoi 5/2015 by Trung Nguyen, on Flickr

 

[kiemchacsu]

Last month, I had a chance to visit Hue, the old capital of Vietnam.
I went to Bao Vinh commune, small village located in the North of the city.
The village is located along the Perfume River (Huong river), where people still use boat to reach the other bank. Actually there are several bridges but the closest one is about 5 kilometers, instead of 5 minutes if traveling by boat.
I guess that is the reason why people still prefer this kind of transportation.
I followed them on a round trip to take these quick snaps.
Enjoy!

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Boat connects two banks by Trung Nguyen, on Flickr

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Boat connects two banks by Trung Nguyen, on Flickr

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Boat connects two banks by Trung Nguyen, on Flickr

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Boat connects two banks by Trung Nguyen, on Flickr

 

[kiemchacsu]

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Boat connects two banks by Trung Nguyen, on Flickr

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Boat connects two banks by Trung Nguyen, on Flickr

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Boat connects two banks by Trung Nguyen, on Flickr

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Boat connects two banks by Trung Nguyen, on Flickr

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Boat connects two banks by Trung Nguyen, on Flickr

 

[kiemchacsu]

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Boat connects two banks by Trung Nguyen, on Flickr

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Boat connects two banks by Trung Nguyen, on Flickr

 

[bence8810]

Sensational! Thank you!

 

[kiemchacsu]

Sensational! Thank you!

thank you. I also very much like the series. It was an exciting shooting session after several months I was busy doing something else.

 

[kiemchacsu]

A solution to prevent the heat.
This summer in Hanoi is really tough. I've seen the temperature 43oC in the peak time.

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It was too hot these days in Hanoi by Trung Nguyen, on Flickr

 

[tuanvinh2000]

Had a chance to meet up with Trung for a morning of shooting around Hanoi last month and it was a pleasure. Hanoi was experiencing uncomfortably 38C heat so we stopped for drinks a lot. Love to spend more time in the city, only shots a few rolls on my rolleiflex automat.

Handcraft by tuanvinh2000, on Flickr

Hanoi Alley by tuanvinh2000, on Flickr

Hoan Kiem Lake by tuanvinh2000, on Flickr

 

[adresaba]

Beautiful. Thanks

 

[Merumeni]

This has become my preferred thread!
Thank you very much and keep on working and posting.

 

[tuanvinh2000]

a few more and i think i should stop posting Rolleiflex photos in Leica thread and open one over in the TLR forum.

Ladder Maker by tuanvinh2000, on Flickr

Palace Hotel by tuanvinh2000, on Flickr

Construction Worker by tuanvinh2000, on Flickr

Lo Su Street by tuanvinh2000, on Flickr

 

[kiemchacsu]

Thanks Vinh for feeding the thread while I was not able to do so.
I myself found no issue at all to mix the Rolleiflex's photos in a Leica M thread.
At the end of the day, they are all about the city of Hanoi (even Vietnam in general, I did post some photos from different regions in Vietnam). That's why I once thought that I should ask the admin to migrate this thread to the sub-forum "Street Photography"
Anyway, do not hesitate to share your photos from whatever-cameras into this thread if you want. To show people about Hanoi is the main purpose.

 

[kiemchacsu]

Hello I am back again.
I've shown you some photos about Van Chuong residential neighbourhood in previous posts, one of many old apartments area remained from era of Soviet Union. Hanoi city wants to renovate them, for sure, but it will be a long story. Very few of them have been transformed to modern building and vast majority are still waiting. This time, I brought the Rolleiflex 3.5F with me, in hope to find new point of views.

Van Chuong KTT by Trung Nguyen, on Flickr