The above image is from the beginnings of a new personal project that I’m working on, tentatively titled Reveille. Right now I’m just brainstorming with my camera, but I like the way it’s progressing. I’d like to say more, but all my thoughts feel a bit half-baked since I’ve only just started. I’ve got sketches down and I’ve compiled a few random lists, but past that and a day of walking around photographing little things, nothing is very far along. I think it will be more artistic in nature. Blurry and a bit as if seen through a certain haze. Bright and colorful. Maybe somehow depicting a very specific side of Hanoi. A kind of communist manifesto.
I’m also hoping to continue with a few projects that I’ve let fall by the wayside these past few months, and even some offshoots of those projects. There’s still a lot more I want to shoot down by the Red River, particularly since the capital has just signed off on the construction of a new mega-city along the river’s banks that will displace/relocate tens of thousands of residents over the next 10 or so years. Pollution will continue to be a problem everywhere. Youth culture here is an interesting amalgam of international trends and classic awkward/abrasive behaviors. And with next year being the 1000th anniversary of Hanoi, ideas should abound on ways that we can all illustrate this milestone.
Hopefully more sooner than later.
from swerve of shore 