Vietnamese Chronicle, by Pham Ngoc Lan

IPA PROJECTS 12 Comments

I threw myself into an adventure of searching. I spent a lot of time with the Vietnamese immigrants, who live in Siem Reap and asked them to tell their stories about our native land.

Observing how they live and listening to their stories, I realized it wasn’t as what my secondary school teacher told us – that they, the ones who left our country in the most difficult phases of history, were all disloyal and indifferent. In trying to make their emotions come alive visually, I touched profoundly the melancholy and emptiness.

This project was inspired by the documentary film Chronicle of a Tape Recorded Over of director Nguyen Trinh Thi, and completed under the guidance of Antoine D’Agata during the Angkor Photo Workshop in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Photographs & Text: Pham Ngoc Lan Website: http://PhamNgocLan.com

More like this

I’ve Never Told You Before, by Yu Yu Myint Than
Weekly Photo Editing #04: Trang Minh Hoang, Vietnam
Souled Out, by Basilio H. Sepe

Share

Comments 12

  1. Pingback: Short Film: The Story of Ones I Chuyện Mọi Nhà by Pham Ngoc Lan | Invisible Ph t grapher Asia (IPA)

  2. Pingback: Photography, from Hanoi with Love. | Invisible Ph t grapher Asia (IPA)

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.