Loes Heerink has lived in Vietnam for nearly 4 years. She plans to publish a photo book of poetic street vendors that she captured during her time living in Hanoi. There will be about 100 photos from the photo series with the theme Vendors from above.
To get these photos, Ms. Loes had to wait for hours for days on bridges in Hanoi, waiting for them to cycle past and take pictures. Loes said that initially she only planned to take a picture of a florist walking around without getting stuck, so she thought she would shoot from above.
"I want people to see what I see, the beauty of street vendors," he said. Ms. Loes shared. “Every day they create a work of art that they don't even know about."
The female photographer hopes that after seeing her photos, people will realize the beauty of street vendors, immigrant women who have to wake up at 4 a.m. to ride bicycles for kilometers to make some money to make ends meet.
Street vendors are a part of the cultural life of Vietnamese people.
Photo: Loes Heerink
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