Saturday, December 22, 2007

The master photographer

This morning I did a quick dash over to the gallery of Long Thanh. He is Vietnam's most famous photographer.

I was awestruck by his work. His photographs are absolutely stunning. They brought tears to my eyes. After seeing them, I realized that there was no way that I could ever capture the beauty of the people of this country. He seems to do mainly portraits and street life, though there are a few landscapes in there. To me, his eye is very reminiscent of the tradition of Henri Cartier-Bresson

I ended up buying a picture of a young boy casting a sly glance over towards an older man. There was another one that I loved of a woman but it was a limited edition and so a little more than I wanted to spend on a spur of the moment art purchase!

I assume that the website has his photographs. If it does, run to it now, they are gorgeous!

www.longthanhart.com
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