Tag: ho chi minh city
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The Year of the Snake & The Flower market
It is the time of year Nguyen Hue street in downtown Ho Chi Minh City closes down and transforms into a flower decoration display. Time your arrival or get caught in the Tet pack. This year the guards allowed you to only walk in one direction to ensure a constant flow and not the typical…
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The Circle of Life, Art Direction revisited
Just off the presses, Word magazine’s HCMC and Hanoi edition for February 2013 are now available. It took the team a lot of work to make it happen, but we did. Regular readers may notice the design changes that we rolled out for the February editions. Yes, I am involved in magazine design again. For…
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The ice cream store and why a combo is better than a single strike
A combo is better than a single strike. I realised that when playing karate kid arcade games. The combo move was always better than the single kick or punch. Advertising agencies often have an art director/copy writer team. A killer combo of visuals and words. They realise that the team can be more creative than…
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TEDxLive 2012 “Radical Openness” – TED x Mekong
Yesterday, I was fortunate to be one of the participants of the TEDxLive 2012 “Radical Openness” event that took place in cities worldwide, simultaneously streaming a live stream as part of the highlight of sharing ideas and connecting people around the world. 56 countries were connected, with over 140 cities participating. “Radical Openness”. Radical is…
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The Saigon Zoo shoot out
Maissa contacted me some time ago. She hoped we could do a photo shoot together. I contacted a photographer friend of mine. I hoped we could do a shoot together. In the end, we managed to arrange both time and place. A previous used location, the Saigon Zoo. The challenge is to come up with…
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Styling with JnG Couture
Parallel with the fashion shoot for JnG Couture, we did another shoot that JnG Couture styled, enjoy:
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Collaboration with JnG Couture – Part II
As before, we went on location, but instead of outdoor, it was indoor. Only one piece to shoot, so a few samples of different crops. Enjoy:)
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A half day at the park – The wedding photography assignment
Love knows no borders. David and Mai met in Australia where they live. David is Vietnamese, Mai is Japanese and they wanted to do their wedding pictures in Vietnam together with their families. Mai had happened to see our work and liked it enough to contact us for the occasion. It is always great to…
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Collaboration with JnG Couture in Saigon, Vietnam
Working with passionate people is always good and you finish with your energy levels boosted and a wish to push things further and further. Meeting John will give you that experience, he brings fresh flavour to anyone he works with and it is always a pleasure to collaborate with him. Here are samples from two…
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Walkabout with Ian – Part II
The amount of images we managed to capture within a few hours walk manifested themselves by the amount of hours spent editing the selection. Culling images and trying out various moods and tones and continue culling versions that did not work. A recent article I read and shared on Twitter, regarding why you can’t hack…
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Walkabout with Ian
Ian is a photographer and I have had the pleasure of getting to know him as a friend. His work around Vietnam is stunning and worthwhile browsing as you can see here, and his blog here. Previously, we had a gear talk and he suggested that I should come along for a quick walkabout and…
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The Swiss connection
Ms Gillian Le, from my previous blog post, got in touch with me again. She had moved onwards to a new position and wanted to share the good news. I was invited for a tour of her new work place, The German International School in Saigon, GIS. 257 Hoang Van Thu Street. The street sounded…
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To the Skydeck we go
Family visit. Always a joy. This time I got to spend more time than last with them. It was good. We are all changing and getting older. I am a dad myself now. Almost halfway in life. How did that happen? To the Skydeck we went. To get a view of the city. Going from…
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A random day in Saigon – A walkabout downtown
Sometimes a wander can create wonders. Enjoy the result of less than 2 hours walking about on a random day.
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Nothing endures but change – Heraclitus
A year ago I went passed houses and green fields where I now find dirt, water and machines. More images from the changing landscape of Thu Thiem, District 2.
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“Burning down the house” & the reimbursements
Hold tight wait till the party’s over Hold tight We’re in for nasty weather There has got to be a way Burning down the house – Talking Heads Thu Thiem area in District 2 is undergoing a massive change and over 12000 households have been relocated according to this source. “A new urban,…
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On the road to Cu Chi and the hidden sights of the countryside
I had sat aside time for another day trip. Planning to go to Tay Ninh, however, I had to cut my trip short and keep it within half a day. A half day doesn’t sound a lot. Only a couple of hours. If you live in London, less than two and half hours will take…