{"id":6356,"date":"2018-02-14T15:08:38","date_gmt":"2018-02-14T08:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matca.vn\/?p=6356"},"modified":"2020-04-02T14:04:03","modified_gmt":"2020-04-02T07:04:03","slug":"huu-bao-nho-ve-ha-noi-dau-yeu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matca.vn\/en\/huu-bao-nho-ve-ha-noi-dau-yeu\/","title":{"rendered":"Nguyen Huu Bao Reminisces About His Beloved Hanoi"},"content":{"rendered":"
[vc_row content_placement=”middle”][vc_column width=”1\/6″ offset=”vc_hidden-xs”][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″ offset=”vc_col-xs-12″][vc_column_text]On one of these last winter days, we \u001dvisited Nguyen Huu Bao’s home on Hang Dao street. A veteran photographer in his sixties and a child of the Old Quarters, Huu Bao has received numerous praises from the press. Yet for a millennial like me, it is a rare chance to ever come into contact with both the photographer and his works. Before meeting with such a figure, it\u2019s difficult to not hold prejudices. The generational and ideological gap might be great, and that his works might lean towards the bygones in a time when the city is constantly evolving. But once again, photography proves its magic of connecting people. From scattered stories, Huu Bao opened up about himself, the Hanoi love stories he wanted to capture, and the stories behind his two books Ky Uc Lang (Memories Of Village) and Ha Noi Dau Yeu (My Dear Hanoi), while insistently dismissing himself as a photographer.<\/em> <\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/6″ offset=”vc_hidden-xs”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=”middle”][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content_no_spaces” gap=”20″ content_placement=”middle”][vc_column width=”1\/12″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”10\/12″][vc_single_image image=”6337″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/12″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=”middle”][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=”middle”][vc_column width=”1\/6″ offset=”vc_hidden-xs”][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″ offset=”vc_col-xs-12″][vc_column_text][Huu Bao]<\/strong> I \btake photos for myself, not anyone else, and neither for competitions and prizes. No purpose whatsoever.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s funny to spell out, but my works accidentally coincides with the changes in society, and naturally becomes a story when sequenced. After Phuong Nam Publisher heard that Mr. Bao had an archive of old Hanoi photos, they came to me proposing the making of a book; I did not seek to publish one myself. It was then that I started organizing a huge volume of photos taken throughout decades, from 1978 to 2015. A huge mix-up from when there was no digital camera and color film leads to imbalanced quality. I picked and picked, till it finally came down to about 200 pictures. You can call it My Dear Hanoi Collection no. 1. <\/span><\/p>\n

I shoot an image today but there lies in it a breath of Hanoi. I never raise my camera at flashy things, flamboyant clothes or skyscrapers\u2026 I look for the lyricism in the life of the working class, in the soul of the street vendors. Hanoi is only the context, my focus is on the people. <\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/6″ offset=”vc_hidden-xs”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=”middle”][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content_no_spaces” gap=”20″ content_placement=”middle”][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”6339″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”6338″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]\n

T\u00f4i ch\u1ee5p ch\u00ednh c\u00e1i h\u1ed3n v\u00eda c\u1ee7a m\u00ecnh. \u0110\u00e2y ch\u1ec9 l\u00e0 nh\u1eefng hi\u1ec7n t\u01b0\u1ee3ng m\u00e0 t\u00f4i ch\u1eaft l\u1ecdc \u0111\u1ec3 l\u00e0m n\u00ean ch\u00e2n dung c\u1ee7a ch\u00ednh m\u00ecnh.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=”middle”][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=”middle”][vc_column width=”1\/6″ offset=”vc_hidden-xs”][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″ offset=”vc_col-xs-12″][vc_column_text]I\u2019m not a nostalgic person. People keep saying Mr. Bao\u2019s images conjure a bygone Hanoi, but that is not the case. For example, if you only take a picture of a gate of an old house, that\u2019s nostalgic; but if at the door stands a girl in a modern miniskirt then that\u2019s a different story. It reflects the moving of the bygones, in the people and in the space. <\/span><\/p>\n

I always \u201cjump\u201d at shots, never setting anything up. But in fact, I have been shooting myself the whole time! I take pictures my own soul. These are only phenomena I distill to paint my own portrait. <\/span><\/p>\n

Among 100 articles written about me, 99 get me wrong. One says I pull all-nighters to make work. But the truth is I have insomnia so I walk around the streets to take pictures at night, then I come back sleepy and go to bed. It’s not that I die for my art. No need to be a martyr, no need to mystify the work. <\/span><\/p>\n

Photography to me is more about enjoyment than it is about responsibility. It\u2019s simply a passion; and once it\u2019s a passion every difficulty comes down to enjoyment. Don\u2019t be misled. Who forces you to sacrifice, huh? Don\u2019t pull it out to show off. I only know that this photo is beautiful or \u00a0interesting, but I don\u2019t care about your hardship. Some people keep complaining that that day the weather was bad or the buffalo had passed by before they could press the shutter\u2026 Don\u2019t ever explain, you can\u2019t once the picture is hung up. <\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/6″ offset=”vc_hidden-xs”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=”middle”][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content_no_spaces” gap=”20″ content_placement=”middle”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”6341″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”6343″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes”][vc_single_image image=”6372″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=”middle”][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=”middle”][vc_column width=”1\/6″ offset=”vc_hidden-xs”][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″ offset=”vc_col-xs-12″][vc_column_text]Then the press keeps using the word \u201cphotography master\u201d as if it\u2019s nothing. Don\u2019t call me a photography artist because I\u2019m not an artist, don\u2019t call me a photographer master because I\u2019m not yet there. Just a photo-taker or at most photographer. Not that I\u2019m hard to please, but we should be fair. Also you should be strict on yourself, don\u2019t rest on your laurels when you receive too many praises. <\/span><\/p>\n

The highest level of photography is to reach the many layers of emotions: happiness, anger, love, hate, the comic and the tragic. To take aesthetically pleasing pictures is hard, but not that hard. Principles such as the golden ratio, light, composition\u2026 make up only the outside, and should only be the means, never the end. Otherwise the photo is no more than a postcard. Back in the days I was inclined to aestheticize photography, but luckily now I’ve got it out of my head. I have a painter friend who comments on the strength but also the weakness in my photos, which is the centimeter-level precision that can only be possible in painting. But too much precision doesn\u2019t turn out well. A man who speaks only ideals act in a monologue, you should stay away from such kind of person. <\/span><\/p>\n

I want pictures to \u001dtell stories. For example, here I place two photos together. These old ladies love to go offering incense ceremonies, because they toiled in the fields and didn\u2019t get to beautify themselves when they were young. Now the peasants can wear golden clothes and put on makeup. There is a detail that says the mirror in her is bought from a street vendor. Next to it is a photo of two young women, one is tapping lipstick, the other is fixing her hair through the car window. <\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/6″ offset=”vc_hidden-xs”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=”middle”][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content_no_spaces” gap=”20″ content_placement=”middle”][vc_column width=”1\/12″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”10\/12″][vc_single_image image=”6340″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/12″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=”middle”][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=”middle”][vc_column width=”1\/6″ offset=”vc_hidden-xs”][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″ offset=”vc_col-xs-12″][vc_column_text]This one, I want to focus on the sad eyesight of the nun. She holds a child that doesn\u2019t belong to her, who knows if she follows Buddhism but still has not shaken off worldly concerns. Many people can read my intention. I highly value those who know to read photos. There are skilled folks who can do an \u201coperation\u201d on the photos and knows why they are beautiful. Then there are those who like photos by gut feelings. Don\u2019t ever think less of simple and sincere people, because their emotions are so pure that their genuinity can startle us for once they speak their mind. <\/span><\/p>\n

If you want to do photography, first pursue the profession, then the art. But personally I don\u2019t regard photography as an art form. There is no photographic art, only artistic photography. I\u2019m more inclined towards the idea that photography is a form of visual journalism with artistic elements. \u201cArt\u201d can only serve as an adjective, not a noun. That\u2019s my own take.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Photography is journalism, realism combined with the photographer\u2019s outlook on life. The question is whether or not the photographer has humanity. Shooting the same beggar, why do we feel the author’s empathy with his pain in one photo, but see condescending pity in another? Those can\u2019t be articulated by words. Photography has its own language. I want to follow that path, don\u2019t know if it\u2019s right or wrong but it\u2019s what my heart says.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/6″ offset=”vc_hidden-xs”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=”middle”][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content_no_spaces” gap=”20″ content_placement=”middle”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”6344″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”6345″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=”middle”][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=”middle”][vc_column width=”1\/6″ offset=”vc_hidden-xs”][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″ offset=”vc_col-xs-12″][vc_column_text]Photography is learning to observe. I ride my motorbike slowly, ride my bike slowly, walk even more slowly – well, \u201coccupational disease.\u201d I always carry my camera when I\u2019m out – not that I go out to take photos but I hang out carrying a camera. Let it all go. Before, whenever I went out I prepared and calculated well in my head, but not anymore, anything at anytime is life. Holding on to that desire, breaking down when you fail to achieve\u2026 But loss is inevitable. Getting used to that is not simple at all. <\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/6″ offset=”vc_hidden-xs”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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