Photo Exhibition “Hanoi – Spirit of Place”
Exhibition: 19 – 26 Oct 2013, 8 am – 5 pm
Gallery 29 Hang Bai, Hanoi
From the organizer:
“Hanoi – Spirit of Place” will present a rare glimpse of Hanoi and its surroundings in the early 1980s.
It features photographs from a unique archive of some 1700 black and white images taken by John Ramsden while he was working at the British Embassy from 1980-83.
The exhibition has been organised by Vietpro, a group of young Vietnamese professionals working in the UK. The design and content is the work of KREU, a similar group of young Vietnamese working in the creative industries. Leading Vietnamese historians and others have kindly helped and advised, making this a truly collaborative project.
Highly recommended to see this exhibition. John has kindly shared with me some of the photos and they are magical, so evocative of Hanoi as she was in the past.