Sau, The Woman and the Sea

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Sáu — The Woman and the Sea View this post on Insta­gram A post shared by Alden Ander­son (@360nomad) on Jun 8, 2019 at 1:41am PDT “I work on the sea and the riv­er. I catch fish with my hus­band near Chàm islands, stay­ing on the sea for about 3 days at a time. I...

Making Banh Trang — Hoi An, Vietnam

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Ly, 38 — Making Banh Trang Ly, 38 — Mak­ing Banh Trang — Hoi An, Viet­nam “Mak­ing Bánh Tráng (crispy rice crack­ers) by hand requires a lot of time. Each day, I make 700. In the rainy sea­son, I work from 4 AM to 4 PM.” After mak­ing the paste with rice flour and...

Rice Harvest — Hoi An, Vietnam

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Traditional Rice Harvest — Hoi An, Vietnam Tra­di­tion­al Rice Har­vest — Hoi An, Viet­nam “We are cut­ting rice. The rice of Mai’s fam­i­ly (the woman in the mid­dle). Nor­mal­ly we use a trac­tor to har­vest the rice, but this rice fell down (from the wind), so we...

Dai, 82 — Selling Bananas in Hoi An

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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 V — The Story

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Colors of Hoi An V — The Story Col­ors of Hoi An This pho­to is part of “Col­ors of Hoi An” — a pho­tog­ra­phy project to high­light the bold col­ors of Hoi An, Viet­nam, jux­ta­posed with the dai­ly life of the locals. Click here to learn more about...

Ba, 70 — Hoi An, Vietnam

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Ba , 70 — Hoi An, Vietnam Lotus Har­vest in Hoi An “Every­body tells me that I should retire! As long as I can move, I have to work. I am just 70 years old! Most­ly I work on my own because my hus­band passed away a long time ago. Young gen­er­a­tions here (Hoi...