National Geographic Travel Photography of Vietnam | Chapter 3
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- In this series, I showcase my travel photography of Vietnam published in National Geographic. In each episode, we explore a new province of Vietnam photographing for my personal project As Above So Below.
The project is dedicated to documenting the beauty of Vietnam through the people, culture, and landscapes through aerial photographing combined with travel, portrait, and reportage style photography. Each "Above" image is accompanied by a corresponding "Below" image working in harmony and meant to be viewed as a series of diptychs(pairs).
In this chapter, I explore the northern province of Sapa, Vietnam visiting Fansipan (Phan Xi Păng) mountain, the highest point in all of Vietnam. We encounter some rough weather at a crucial time, see how I cope with rain and see Vietnam through my eyes.
Each episode offers a glimpse of the beauty of Vietnam, BTS of my process as a photographer, and concludes with showcasing my final images from each location.
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I've lived in Vietnam for over 15 years and this ongoing project is my visual poem and gift to show my appreciation for everything this country has given me throughout the years.
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This is the best personal reportage ever.
I’ll take that, thanks JK :)
I'm Vietnamese. Thank for your share about my country💚
Thank you for watching , help me share if you have a moment :).
Lovely video but audio wasn't very clear.
Somehow only just found this video, and wow... Those photos you took are incredible. And the exact same thing happened to me last year, I was doing photos for a NZ travel company and we went to the Avatar mountain range, and the weather was same as your experienced. Ended up taking photos of people in the condom rain coats, and got one of my favourite photos from last year out of it. Loved this video, really inspiring.
Thank you Jay, that sounds like an incredible trip. I've only been to NZ to photography a hotel, didn't get a chance to explore or shoot for myself, I must return.
Love this "in the field" videos, where we can see real life situations, including fails.
Also, Vietnam is one of my dream destinations, and this video enforces that feeling.
Thanks Pablo, hoping to do more once we are out of lockdown.
Fails Pablo, what do you mean ha ha, just kidding. Thanks for watching, more coming soon. Come visit Vietnam, you'll love it.
Justin I really enjoyed this video out in the field. I love the photo pairs. Fantastic. 👏👏👏
Thank you Colin, I appreciate this. Hoping to do more after lockdown.
@@AskMOTT that’d be great. Great to see ya out of the studio. Also interesting to see you using the hasselblad
@@colinosullivan930 Thank you Colin, can't wait to get out more and continue this project and my Kindred Guardians work.
Love this style of documentary and narrative Justin. Hope you can bring back a series like this anytime soon
Thank you for this.
My pleasure thanks for watching.
What a wonderful adventure. Lovely atmosphere. You are a true artist.
Thank you John, this project is always an adventure, Vietnam is always an adventure:)
Brilliant. What a great peek into your process.
Thank you Hatef :)
Great video. I loved my visit to Sapa back in 2005. I remember thinking "tourism will destroy this place" - I'm glad that has not entirely happened.
You are still worsening my "Leica itch"
It's pretty touristy there Rob, but I still love the scenary.
I head north, right about here.. That was cool
Do it, you’ll love it. Stay at Topas Riverside or Topas Ecolodge depending on your budget.
@@AskMOTT sorry I forgot to put the quotation marks, I was refering when you said that and point the map on your arm haha
I just love your photographs
Very kind of you to say, thank you :).
One thing you'll learn from the large Vietnamese population here in Australia is how friendly and welcoming they. I'm busting to go to Vietnam.
I couldn’t agree more Marty, that’s probably why I never left :). Come visit some time
Hope you back Sapa on August to start of October, its rice harvest season, so special, so great🌱
I hope so too :).
My idea of creative fun. I have been there in better weather and will go again to a homestay in Lao Chai in May. My hope is to photograph and film rice planting and water-filled terraces reflecting sunrise or sunset. Maybe something about how Black Humong die and create tradition patterns in their clothing. Interview locals people.
People and Cultures.
😊📷💜
Sounds awesome , go for it and be sure to share it :).
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Thank you Eisen :).
First day, holy shit!!!
Any reason why you picked the hasselblad instead of leica
This was before I switched to Leica. I use the Hasselblad 95% of the time for my commercial photography business Mott Visuals because that sensor is incredible.
Will be a book?
I hope so Ignacio, still a long way to go.
I hope your camera is weather sealed😬
What’s your favorite place in the world to photograph?
14:18 - 3 meters and 14 centimeters doesn't seem to be that tall...
Is there a way someone in the US could stream/watch Photo Face-Off? Haven't been able to find it.
I’m trying to get History Channel Asia to release it online but still no luck as they are airing reruns still in some countries in SE Asia. Sorry Chris :(
@@AskMOTT Thanks for the quick reply! Hopefully it will become available someday. Love your work!
How do individuals react to your taking their photograph without your asking permission? Foggy or not, there must have been lots of people just walking around. Did you decide not to attempt to take their photographs - candid or not - for a reason? Perhaps you just don't do portraits?
SaPa is one of the worst destinations in the area. Sure, if the weather cooperates there are incredible tiered rice paddies to shoot, but over-tourism has created the worst of all experiences for travelers, and even a "trusted" fixer will mostly guide you to places where the locals just want to be performative.
If you have a vehicle (something good, 4WD) with time and patience, you can get away to valleys to the east and west and find more genuine experiences. Even the most rustic towns are starting to get over-touristed, but nothing on the scale of SaPa.
A big part of what's going on in Vietnam has been caused by the investment and travel appetites of the Chinese. That's how the Mt. Fansipan cable car came to be. Similar things are happening all over...many resorts are being built just for Chinese appetites. Nothing wrong with that... it just may change your shooting plans.
Similarly, they are now using the cargo port in DaNang for cruise ships from China. And when they come, the local towns like HoiAn and Hue change radically.
A similar phenomenon is happening in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Unbelievable amount of air traffic from China. Big resorts popping up everywhere.