Geoffrey Hiller :: Documentary Photographer in Portland, Oregon

VIETNAM WINTER (2016): HANOI- CITY IN TRANSITION

Most of the photographs in this section were made in Nghĩa Tân (Cầu Giấy District), a neighborhood close to the university where I was leading photography workshops while on a Fulbright Specialist Grant. Twenty years ago the area was filled with rice paddies. Today there are eight-lane boulevards overflowing with motorcyclists. Once a low, dense and organic city, Hanoi is now engaged in a steady-paced verticalisation process, especially in the new urbanized areas flourishing at their edges (khu đô thị mới). But beyond iconic new urban projects and glittering business districts, the everyday city production still takes place in the interior of their specific urban pattern, namely their alleyway neighbourhoods. 

  • Unemployed Men at Tea Stall with their Birds
  • Cafe, Cầu Giấy District
  • Shwe San Daw Pagoda, Pyay
  • Renovation, Le Duan District
  • Street Vendor, Le Duan
  • Back Alley, Nghĩa Tân, Cầu Giấy District
  • Cafe, Thành Công, Ba Đình District
  • Street Vendor, Le Duan
  • Nghĩa Tân, Cầu Giấy District
  • Nghĩa Tân, Cầu Giấy District
  • Nghĩa Tân, Cầu Giấy District
  • Cafe, Phan Đình Phùng, Quán Thánh
  • Christmas Procession, St Joseph's Church
  • Restaurant, Nghĩa Tân, Cầu Giấy District
  • Cafe, Thành Công, Ba Đình District
  • Cafe, Nghĩa Tân, Cầu Giấy District
  • Cafe, Le Duan
  • Nghĩa Tân, Cầu Giấy District
  • Nghĩa Tân, Cầu Giấy District
  • Nghĩa Tân, Cầu Giấy District
  • Recycling, Công, Ba Đình District
  • Courtyard, Nghĩa Tân, Cầu Giấy District
  • Nghĩa Tân, Cầu Giấy District
  • Hanoi Train Station
  • LAO FRONTIER (2019)
  • VIETNAM (2019)
  • PORTLAND BIKE PROJECT- BBC (2021)
  • DAYBREAK IN MYANMAR BOOK (2014)
  • BUY DAYBREAK IN MYANMAR
  • 40THIRST-LAURELTHIRST PRINT FUNDRAISER
  • DAYS OF AWE: DAYS OF HEAVEN (2022)
  • MYANMAR BOOK REVIEW-THE ATLANTIC
  • VIETNAM IN MOTION (2016)
  • VIETNAM WINTER (2016)
    • HUE- IMPERIAL CITY
    • HANOI- REINVENTED CITY
    • HA GIANG- ETHNIC VILLAGES
    • HANOI- CITY IN TRANSITION
    • SAIGON- HO CHI MINH CITY
    • HANOI- OLD QUARTER
    • NINH BINH- RISING DRAGON
  • ART OF RECOVERY WORKSHOP (2018)
  • BUS 75:HIDDEN PORTLAND (2016)
  • HASSIDIC JEWS OF MONTREAL (2018)
  • PORTLAND NOCTURNE (2017)
  • UZBEKISTAN (2013)
  • LAHORE PAKISTAN (2013)
    • ELECTIONS
    • CITYSCAPE
    • COLLEGE OF ARTS
    • CHRISTIANS
    • @WORK
    • PORTRAITS
    • NEWSPAPER MEN
    • SCHOOLS
    • ISLAMABAD
  • CAMBODIA (2011)
    • HOUSING DEVELOPMENT-LAND
    • HOUSING DEVELOPMENT-WORKERS
    • HOUSING DEVELOPMENT-NEW WORLD
    • CHAM
    • PHNOM PENH
  • INDIA (2010)
    • MUMBAI
    • KOLKATA
    • OOTY: HILLSTATION
    • CHENNAI: DAY OF THE DEAD
    • TAMIL NADU
    • KERALA
    • MYSORE
    • BANGALORE: AFFLUENCE
  • BANGLADESH (2008-09)
    • CONTROLLED CHAOS
    • FACES
    • ISLAM
    • URBAN SPACE
    • THE RIVER
    • DIPTYCHS
    • SURVIVERS
    • DURGA PUJA
    • SIMPLE PLEASURES
  • JAPAN
    • JAPANESE DIPTYCHS (2007)
    • TSUKIJI FISH MARKET VIDEO (2007)
  • WEST AFRICA (2004/ 2005)
    • GHANA
    • TOGO
    • BENIN
  • VIETNAM JOURNAL (1995)
  • EASTERN EUROPE WINTER (1992)
  • HOMELESS IN SAN FRANCISCO (1988-1990)
  • HARLEM ON MY MIND (1985)
  • GUARDIAN ANGELS IN NEW YORK (1981)
  • EARLY WORK (1972-1975)
    • LATIN AMERICA / BRAZIL (1974-1975)
    • UNITED STATES / EUROPE (1970- 1973)
  • BIO
  • BOOK, EXHIBITS, EVENTS
  • VERVE PHOTO
  • BUS 75: HIDDEN PORTLAND BLOG
  • INSIDE PAKISTAN BLOG
  • BANGLADESH BLOG

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