Documentaire Photography

Vietnam War – Special 50e anniversaire – De Hue vers la DMZ sur la Route QL 1

Carnet de voyage par le photographe Quang Lam

“A l’occasion du 50e anniversaire de la fin de la guerre, je décidais de m’aventurer jusqu’à la DMZ distante d’environ 100 km de l’ancienne cité impériale de Hué. Ce n’était pas la première fois que je séjournais dans cette région mais certainement un frein psychologique repoussait ma curiosité de prendre ce chemin qui remontait vers le Nord sans vraiment croiser de lieux touristiques plus culturels ou balnéaires.

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Mountains and People of Ha Gian Region

“I’m contemplating the mountains crossed by the stripes in geometric pattern similar to the locals clothing fabrics. These people have found refuge here, among the heights that scare both Hans and Kinh people from the lowlands. To grow rice, they patiently engraved the land into embroideries of laces that are stretched as far my eyes can see. These strata are marks of time like the concentric circles of a tree.
After this stop, my guide Nam and I get back on our bike to reach Dong Van before nightfall.

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Series – Souls migration to the Mekong Delta

Photographer Quang Lam delves into the profound context behind his latest series. 

“It all began with my exploration of my family’s ancestral tombs in Bac Lieu. According to family records, our ancestral vault is situated in the tranquil village of Hoa Binh, in the sub-prefecture of Vinh Loi, Bac Lieu province. My father was born in this village, which is home to around 2,000 residents and lies just 5 kilometers from the coast.

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Album Vintage – Long Bien Bridge (Pont Paul Doumer) in 1995

“The bridge was built in 1899–1902 by the architects Daydé & Pillé of Paris, and opened in 1903. Before North Vietnam’s independence in 1954, it was called Paul-Doumer Bridge, named after Paul Doumer – the governor-general of French Indochina and then French president. At 2.4 kilometres in length,it was, at that time, one of the longest bridges in Asia.

Some parts of the original structure remain intact, while large sections have been built later to repair the holes.

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Album Vintage – Crossing the Mekong Delta at Can Tho in the years 2000

Before the bridges were built to span the various arms of the Mekong river, traveling through the Delta meant to wait for the ferries. The most famous one was replaced by the Cần Thơ Bridge, constructed over an arm of the Mekong, the Bassac (or Hau Giang), near the city of Cần Thơ.
“It’s the crossing of a ferry on the Mekong. The elegant man has stepped out of the limousine. He smokes an English cigarette.

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Review of the series R. Like by the magazine Urbanautica

By Prof. Steve Bisson, Paris College of Art
Chief editor Urbanautica Institute

THE WEIGHT OF REMEMBRANCE AND TIME SCLEROSIS

“Strips of land emerging from the sea of ​​amnesia, that\’s memory. Sooner or later, they will sink. So, sailing in time to explore their internal geography may be fruitful.”

“[…]Quang Lam’s work offers an excellent visual viaduct to its understanding by depicting the iconic history of the so-called Independence Palace of Vietnam.

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Hong Kong Umbrella Movement, 2014-2024, 10th anniversary

This series captures the raw sequence by the photographer Quang Lam of events from October 5th to 12th, 2014. Organized in the style of black and white contact sheets, this presentation immerses viewers in the days when Hong Kong’s youth sought to take control of their future. Led by the 18-year-old Joshua Wong (visible in contact sheet number #5), the students occupied for two months the heart of Hong Kong in the Admiralty zone, where government buildings are located.

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1954-2024 : le général Giap, la bataille de Diên Biên Phu et la Conférence de Genève – la fin de la guerre d’Indochine

On célèbre ce 7 Mai de cette année 2024 le 70e anniversaire de la bataille de Dien Bien Phu.

Cet article remet en évidence les évènements militaires et la conférence Genève qui s’ouvre au même moment. Les derniers jours d’une bataille qui se tient à des milliers de kilomètres est ardemment suivie par les médias français.

La Conférence de Genève de 1954 s’est tenue à Genève, en Suisse, pour discuter de la situation en Indochine et en Corée.

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ChoLon, usines à rêves de Saigon

Les conséquences historiques du renversement de la dynastie Ming par la dynastie Qing dans la Chine du XVIIe siècle ont conduit les loyalistes Ming à chercher refuge en Asie du Sud-Est. Au Vietnam, ces immigrants chinois ont joué un rôle de pionnier lors de la « Marche vers le Sud ». Ils s’installèrent à Bien Hoa. À la fin du XVIIIe siècle, pour échapper aux massacres perpétrés par les troupes Tay-son, la communauté s’est regroupée dans l’emplacement actuel de Cholon,

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