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Vietnam
Risking it All for a Lost Dream
Paradise? Afternoon sun falls over a valley as I search for papermakers in Lai Chau province, Vietnam —- I've spent a long time working toward the next step of my life. Spent years of my childhood dreaming of the faraway …
Posted in Photos, Risking it All, Studio Sicilia, Vietnam
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Negative Days
Light bounces off a transparent negative held up to a dark background, the ink reflects light and shows up positive. It is from negatives like this I make my Cyanotype prints. The original photo was of a papermaker from a …
Knife Village
Lai Chau, Vietnam, on assignment for my book Sensual Papers: Through the Back Roads and Rivers of Thailand, Laos and Vietnam. I'm standing by one side of the road as my guide pisses off the other. We've been chasing rumors …
Posted in Art, Books, Travel, Vietnam
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Spun Gold
When I saw this rough golden silk in Hanoi I had to touch it. The strands of silk felt like dried grass under my fingers, and I bought two yards to see if I could Cyanotype it. I was in …
Posted in Travel, Vietnam
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Rooftop Blues in Bangkok
Some images from recent printing sessions at my studio: Experimenting with new ways to apply cyanotype chemicals Here are some Artists Proofs baking in the midday sun, quickly turning from green to dark Prussian blue then bleached by the sun …
Posted in Art, Cyanotype, Thailand, Vietnam
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Why My Favorite Earrings Can’t Come with me to Bangkok
Scimitar earrings from Hanoi, handmade by a 5th-generation family of silversmiths
Walk Away Your Troubles
A brand new bridge at the Trang An caves, Vietnam August 2008, Ninh Binh: It’s my first time in Vietnam and I’m on a mission to talk to as many artists and galleries as I can for the website Gallery …
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