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On my second trip to Vietnam in January 2002, with Steve Warren, and Mission Peace, I was able to focus more on the culture and the villagers of the countryside who had never, ever been photographed before. For a few precious days during this trip, I was with a Vietnamese nun who spoke French. She and I were deep in the Mekong Delta where people live in very primitive huts in the dirt as well as huts on stilts in the water. It was a fantastic journey through an area of the world where time seems to be standing still, the people are gorgeous, and the scenery inspiring.<\/p>\n
ngg_shortcode_0_placeholderKnowing that most of these villagers had never had their photographs taken, I had brought a Crown Graphic 4 X 5 field camera with film magazine and a Polaroid back. This type of Polaroid (T55) has a print and a negative together; so, I was able to capture people on film, and immediately give them a copy of the photograph while keeping the negative for myself to print upon my return to the states. My subjects were thrilled.<\/p>\n
I was fortunate to meet an elderly gentleman who lived in a multi-generational hut. He had been photographed decades previously, and showed me the picture. We collected his entire family, and I took an updated photograph for them. After the photo shoot, he sit up, and look at the 2 photos of his family side by side, 40 years apart, he was beyond happy. For him, it was the gift of a lifetime. – See photo below-<\/p>\n
ngg_shortcode_1_placeholderOn a personal level, working with Mission Peace changed my life. Honestly, this is exactly the type of work that originally drove me to become a photographer. For me to have the opportunity to join this team of surgeons who were changing the lives of children in a part of the world where medical care is not readily available, and capture the story as it unfolds\u2026 well, it was a tremendous honor and a huge privilege.<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_2_placeholder\nngg_shortcode_3_placeholder\nngg_shortcode_4_placeholder\nngg_shortcode_5_placeholder\nngg_shortcode_6_placeholder\nngg_shortcode_7_placeholder\nngg_shortcode_8_placeholder\n
ngg_shortcode_9_placeholderBoth trips I took to Vietnam with Mission Peace were nothing short of phenomenal. And the work I did for them helped them to raise even more money to support their future work in the country and expand their efforts to help orphanages, and start a cultural exchange program between young Vietnamese and American children. I am honored to have been an integral part of Mission Peace’s international aid project.<\/p>\n
On my second trip to Vietnam in January 2002, with Steve Warren, and Mission Peace, I was able to focus more on the culture and the villagers of the countryside who had never, ever been photographed before. For a few precious days during this trip, I was with a Vietnamese nun who spoke French. She […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-giving-back","category-on-the-go"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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