Dai, 82 — Selling Bananas in Hoi An

Dai, 82 — Selling Bananas in Hoi An

Dai, 82 — Selling Bananas in Hoi An Dai, 82 — Sell­ing Bananas in Hoi An “You should not steal stuff if you work for Amer­i­cans” Đại recounts her days in Hoi An dur­ing the Vietnam/American War. “I can speak Eng­lish. I can speak Kore­an. I can sing the nation­al...
Colors of Hoi An — A Photo Essay

Colors of Hoi An — A Photo Essay

Col­ors of Hoi An — A Pho­to Essay with Stories Linh, 70, returns home in Hoi An, Viet­nam after buy­ing her son breakfast. Focus­ing on the Col­ors of Hoi An With a unique Hoi An Pho­tog­ra­phy project, Emmy Award-win­ning artist Alden Ander­son seeks to...
Planting Rice, Hoi An, Vietnam

Planting Rice, Hoi An, Vietnam

Planting rice before Tet “Ask him (hus­band) to help plant rice?! He will step on all the rice!!!” Rice plant­i­ng sea­son in the coun­try­side of Hoi An, Viet­nam. Just before the Viet­namese Lunar New Year (Tet) there was a flur­ry of activ­i­ty to get all of the...
Colors of the Market — Hoi An, Vietnam

Colors of the Market — Hoi An, Vietnam

Colors of the Market — Hoi An, Vietnam “I’ve been sell­ing veg­eta­bles here since I was about 18 years old. Now I am 70. Just a few of my hairs are turn­ing grey. They are not total­ly grey though. I also have my hair dyed black” Vọng says laugh­ing. “I am so old,...

Colors of Hoi An III — The Story

Colors of Hoi An III — The Story Ngoc car­ries her bicy­cle through Hoi An old town. Every day she vis­its the stores and restau­rants around Hoi An col­lect­ing items for recy­cling. Today she is sell­ing a bro­ken elec­tric bike to the recy­cling cen­ter. “I work...

The story of a Vietnamese War Hero

Pa Co, The Story of a Vietnamese War Hero Tell me some of the details in the Viet­nam-Amer­i­ca war that you can­not for­get? They had dif­fer­ent types of planes. One of them was the Dako­ta which was used for spray­ing the tox­ic sub­stance (Agent Orange). All...