Faces of Ben Tre: Women and Children
Portraits of women and children from the various provinces visited in Ben Tre. Most of the women in the photos are mothers of the children.
Faces of Ben Tre: Youth
Portraits of youth from the various provinces visited in Ben Tre. Few youths, roughly ages 13 to 20′s, showed up at the clinics set up by Project Vietnam at the communes. This is probably because they are, in general, less vulnerable to injury and sickness than children and older folks.
Faces of Ben Tre: Elders
I’ve always been drawn to people’s faces. Even though I was unable to understand anything they said to me, I could understand their facial gestures, their smiles, and the depth of their gaze. It’s the same across the cultural spectrum of humanity and there is beauty and comfort in knowing that. …
Touring the Mekong Delta
We arrived in Ben Tre province Sunday noon, crossing over the Rach Mieu bridge. Rach Mieu bridge opened in January 2009 and according to some, promises to bring with it economic prosperity to poverty-stricken Ben Tre. It links Ben Tre to it’s neighboring Mekong Delta province, Tien Giang, as well as Ho Chi Minh City [...]
Vietnam in VR
One of my goals as a photographer on the medical mission trip was to try to capture the environment in a way a single, two-dimensional image can not accomplish. I felt the best way to achieve this was through an all-encompassing panorama. Always the experimenter, I borrowed a VR pano head and fisheye lens and [...]
March 1st, Long Thoi Commune
Photos from the Cho Lach district of Ben Tre. Long Thoi commune was the first site visited on the mission.
February 28th, Preparation
The surgical team screens patients while the pharmacy team sorts out medicine for prescriptions that will be written by volunteer physicians.