Hoi An from East of Eden: Vietnam

Hoi An from East of Eden: Vietnam

Entitled East of Eden: Vietnam, this chapter became a documentation of people who were physically maimed by the war that officially ended over thirty years ago. East of Eden: Vietnam was partly inspired by my experience growing up in Vietnam with my brother, an amputee, who lost his right arm while serving as a South Vietnamese soldier in the battlefield of Cambodia. It is was my intention to use the camera to create visual documentations that will serve as a reminder of the horrors of war and also as a proof of the survivors' strength, courage and acceptance.. East of Eden: Vietnam was an attempt to come to terms with my past and to offer those of whom that are violently marked by the war the opportunity to tell their stories.

Pipo Nguyen-Duy

2005

Inkjet print photograph

Photograph