Vietnam: 25 years of change through lens of US photographer

Photos featuring Vietnam’s changes throughout the past 25 years by US photographer Catherine Karnow will be showcased at an exhibition opening April 10 at Art Vietnam Gallery in Hanoi.

Street barbers in Hanoi in 2014 (Photo: Catherine Karnow)

Entitled ‘Vietnam – 25 Years Documenting a Changing Country’, the exhibition is presented as the photographer’s diary since the first days she came to this country, gradually discovering its twists and turns while immersing herself in the land and its people.

Works on display are grouped into different topics, presenting Vietnam in the early 1990s, the country’s ‘Doi Moi’ (Renewal) process, Agent Orange victims, Amerasians, and images of Vietnam today.

The pictures portray a country with doors opening to international integration with strong and firm progresses and belief in a bright future.

General Vo Nguyen Giap is also one of the spotlights of the exhibition. Photos of the beloved Vietnamese general were taken by Karnow from her first meeting with him in 1990 to 2013 when she was invited to attend his funeral in Quang Binh province.

The month-long exhibition is part of activities to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Vietnam–US diplomatic relationship, and the 40th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam–US war.

(Source: nhandan.org.vn)