Đường phố Hà Nội (Streets of Hanoi) 2025

During my time in Vietnam, I observed everyday life in Hanoi through moments of pause rather than spectacle. The photographs here focus on small gestures—working, waiting, sitting, watching—set against a city shaped by movement, infrastructure, and constant negotiation. Rather than pursuing decisive moments, the images attend to what unfolds between them: the quiet rituals that persist alongside noise, density, and change. People are shown not as symbols of place, but as participants within it, navigating public space with familiarity and restraint. Working primarily in black and white allows form, light, and proximity to carry the narrative. The photographs are less concerned with documenting Hanoi than with reflecting how it feels to move through it slowly—where human presence remains steady even as the city shifts around it.