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Assignment-Silk City Construction Site
Client: German Architectural Firm
Location: Hanoi, Vietnam
Days Shooting: 2 Days on location with a pending contract for a long-term project documenting the growth of the project over the next 2 years.
I was recently commissioned to shoot a huge construction project by a German architectural firm. It’s a short and pending long term project documenting the growth of this project along with mixing in some documentary style shots of the site itself. Many people think the documentary photography world is dying but I’m seeing more and more of an appreciation of this style of photography emerging in the commercial market and that makes me happy.
My new intern also created some nice images on the site which I will feature down the road after I formally introduce him. Poor guy arrived here only a week ago and I had him walking over a tiny rebar/plywood rickety bridge welded with a 60kg Vietnamese working in mind 20 stories up on a construction site. We both survived but in retrospect that wasn’t the safest move I’ve made.
Here are a few samples from Day 1.
Microsoft Portraits
Client: Microsoft
Location: Hanoi, Vietnam
Description: Photograph portraits of 2 Microsoft employees keeping style consistent with a sample pdf guideline given to me.
Days Shooting: Two separate portrait sessions
I’ve had quite a few commercial portrait shoots recently and they are always a nice change of pace. My most recent shoot was for Microsoft photographing two of their employees in the work place in Hanoi. Sometimes these portraits are part of a global marketing campaign for posters, annual reports, brochures, etc. so they have to all stay consistent with composition and light. I’m often given a sample pdf of how they want it to look and it’s my job to match it. It’s not the sexiest aspect of my work as I’m often restricted creatively but at the end of the day I still had fun.
Here are are few samples from the shoot:
On Assignment- The United Nations
Days of Shooting-2
Location-Vietnam
Description-Shoot a small photo-essay for UNAIDS for promotional use worldwide of their community programs. Also shoot for a poster UNAIDS is making for one if their programs working with HIV positive children.
I first met the UNAIDS communications officer at their office where we discussed the overall story. We had a quick deadline for their head office in NYC so I was to shoot for 2 days and have the images delivered within a few days.
We met the following day bright and early and headed over to meet Ngan. Ngan is HIV positive with one child and another on the way. She contracted HIV from her husband who was a former drug addict. Ngan is an active member in her community working in support groups and awareness groups. She received training as a support group facilitator from UNAIDS and the UN wanted to document her story.
Even though this would be considered a commercial shoot, I approached it as a documentary photography and just let the day unfold naturally.
It can be odd having a stranger never mind a foreigner shadowing you around all day but Ngan was extremely graceful and quite comfortable with me. She’s such a busy woman. I followed her to group meetings, an outreach program, her ultrasound an health examination, to her drop off and pick her son up from school, and then back at home to cook dinner and do daily chores. I was tired from just watching all the things she did.
The following day I shot for their poster. We followed some children who are HIV positive to a local playground and did some portraits along with natural moments.
Thank you to Hue from UNAIDS, it was a pleasure working with you. Thank you to Ngan for letting me a part of your life for a couple days, you are a special woman. Also thank you to the children and their parents for allowing their children to take part in this.
