So my time living full-time in Asia has come to an end. I have now settled back in Australia – in Brisbane to be exact. This retrospective post about my time living in Ho Chi Minh City is long overdue! After three attempts at writing this post, I’ve come to the conclusion that I will […]
Tag Archives: Photojournalism
June
06
Sons of God – third generation graffiti in Vietnam
posted by Adam Robert Young
One assignment for this month’s issue of Oi Vietnam that I was happy to do was on a young graffiti crew called Sons of God. For details, be sure to check out the article in the June issue either by viewing it online or by downloading the PDF version. They were great guys and I […]
May
19
Mariamman Hindu Temple, Saigon.
posted by Adam Robert Young
Just a quick post today, as it’s been a while, and while I’ve got some pretty juicy posts in the works, I thought I’d better share something in the meantime. This is my favourite photo from a recent visit to the Mariamman Hindu Temple, right near Ben Thanh Market in Ho Chi Minh City. I […]
April
07
Recent work – the random nature of magazine photography
posted by Adam Robert Young
Just thought I’d share some snaps from the last two issues to show the range of photos I’ve been called on to take for Oi Vietnam over the last two months. Some are more fun than others, but if anything, I’m learning to be more and more versatile! If you’ve been following my blog, you’ll […]
January
21
The restorers – ancient Vietnamese manuscripts behind locked doors
posted by Adam Robert Young
Before the French created the romanized Vietnamese phonetic alphabet, before Chinese influence had Vietnamese elite communicating with variations of Chinese characters, the Vietnamese had their own phonetic writing system. Thousands of years ago, the alphabet called Văn Khoa Đầu – literally “tadpole script” was widespread among educated Vietnamese. Chinese invasion saw an end to the […]
October
13
Vietnam mourns a national hero
posted by Adam Robert Young
Mourners wait to pay their respects to Vietnamese hero Vo Nguyen Giap in Ho Chi Minh City Last week saw the passing of General Võ Nguyên Giáp, who many Vietnamese think of as the last true Vietnamese hero. He was a brilliant military strategist who was instrumental in Vietnamese victories against both the French and […]
The Beginning
posted by Adam Robert Young
For those that have been following my journey here (the blog, Twitter, Facebook etc), it’s likely you’ve read my post titled The End. It was a time when I’d reached the point where I was prepared to let go of photography and try to get on with my life without it. The problem was, it […]
July
18
Life in the Block
posted by Adam Robert Young
One thing I’ve noted about squatter communities is that they always seem to be quite close-knit groups. I took a trip back to the abandoned apartment block in District 5 of Ho Chi Minh City last weekend and discovered that the block is a self-contained residential area, with people not only living and playing in […]
April
24
Children, propaganda and death in Xiancun (Behind the Wall – Xiancun Village Today Part 2)
posted by Adam Robert Young
This is a continuation of a post based on my final trip to Xiancun village. Some of what you read may make little sense unless you take a quick look at some of the background in this post. As I was walking inside Xiancun towards the public meeting and undercover officers that I would soon […]
April
10
Behind the wall – Xiancun village today (Part 1)
posted by Adam Robert Young
Vacant shells of half-demolished buildings rise from piles of concrete rubble. This scene of utter destruction, despite appearances, is not the remains of a bombed city in a war-torn nation. It is a suburb smack-bang in the middle of one of the fastest developing Chinese cities – Guangzhou. Those that have been following this blog […]
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