daily life

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An elderly man wearing a conical hat rides a bicycle balanced with two woven baskets hanging on either side, moving on a wet city street with pedestrians and sidewalk vendors in the background.

Against the Flow

Outdoor vegetable stall at a market with many vegetables displayed on the ground. A woman stands at the stall holding a plastic bag; behind her a family sits on a motorbike wearing helmets, with other vendors and shoppers visible in the market.

Buying vegetables

A child seated at the front of a motorbike looks directly at the camera. An adult behind wears a pink striped hooded jacket that covers their lower face and carries a backpack. Plastic bags hang from the handlebars; a busy urban street with traffic is visible in the background.

Seeing the camera

A white scooter stopped on the sidewalk carrying one adult wearing a helmet and face mask and three children sitting behind. To the left several pedestrians walk past; a closed shopfront and a poster are visible in the background.

Overloaded

Several people, mostly women, waiting at the curb by a large tree and a bus stop sign in front of a tiled wall.

Standing waiting by the tree

Three people seated in front of a small shop on tiled steps: two shirtless young men sitting on the steps and a plastic stool, and a woman behind a stainless-steel counter with papers. A bicycle is parked at left beside a green metal door marked 'HUDS'. No other clear signage.

Shirtless

Two people sit with their backs to the camera on a bench by a window; the woman is bent forward with her head down and one hand resting on the man's back as he leans toward the window.

Angry with each other

A man in a green military uniform stands under a tree by the lakeside facing a woman in a plaid shirt holding a pink bag and a small camera. In the background are benches with people seated, trees and the lake.

The Look

An elderly man cycling across the street in front of shopfronts, parked motorbikes along the curb; sepia-toned horizontal street scene.

Cycling on Lò Rèn Street

A man sits on a parked motorbike on the sidewalk reading a newspaper, with pedestrians holding umbrellas and green trees nearby after a rain.

Reading the newspaper after the rain

A motorized three-wheeled cart parked at the wet curb after rain, with a hammock and a pith helmet hanging on its frame, beneath leafy trees. Red-tiled sidewalk and an otherwise quiet street are visible.

Afternoon Nap After the Rain

Two women seated on a stone bench in a park, leaning their heads back with hands behind their necks and eyes closed; one wears a striped dress, the other wears black clothing; a green wall and window are visible behind them.

Exercising

A busy street with motorbikes and pedestrians at dusk; sunlight streams through tree branches forming a prominent circular lens flare over the road, with small shops lining the sides.

Ring of Light

Five men seated outdoors around a small plastic table playing xiangqi (Chinese chess); blue plastic chairs and a stone bench, paved ground and trimmed shrubs in the background.

Playing xiangqi (Chinese chess)

A woman wearing a hat sells cucumbers and sugarcane at the roadside; a basket of cucumbers is in front and bundles of sugarcane stand behind her. A man sits on a plastic stool in the background, with traffic signs and urban buildings further back.

Cucumbers and sugarcane

Street market scene in Hanoi: a vendor crouches and pours water from a bucket, splash captured mid-air, with customers eating and nearby stalls.

Pouring Water Away

Waist-up portrait of an elderly man standing in front of a metal gate, wearing a beige long coat and counting a stack of banknotes with both hands.

Counting Money

A man in a dark jacket sits reclining on a parked motorbike in the middle of the road, legs propped up, holding a mobile phone with a newspaper on his lap. In the background is a Hanoi street scene with motorbikes passing, traffic lights and red flags along the sidewalk.

Waiting for customers

Three people on a motorbike waiting at a red light: a girl in a pink jacket seated at the front looking out, the rider wearing a helmet and face covering, and a boy with a backpack at the rear; intersection, vehicles, and urban buildings in the background.

Waiting at the red light

A red flag with a yellow star planted beside an open manhole in the road; a few bricks around it, cars and a motorcycle passing by, with a construction fence and scaffolding in the background.

Warning flag planted

A person on a bicycle wearing a conical hat carries a large load of white styrofoam boxes tied to the bike, riding under an overpass with other vehicles visible in the background.

Styrofoam boxes

A woman sits facing right on a small orange children's bicycle with training wheels, on a paved brick courtyard.

Overloaded

A line of women outdoors exercising in a row, many smiling and placing their hands on the person in front; a small child stands among them holding a woman's skirt.

Exercising

Four women seated on small plastic stools in an alley; one woman combing and plucking hair from the head of the woman in the center while the others sit and talk, background shows the narrow street with motorbikes and houses.

Plucking nits