I’m never sure whether to label my self-funded photography trips work or leisure. I’ve been known to take umbrage when friends and colleagues refer to such trips as “vacation,” yet if I’m completely honest, far too much fun is had on such trips to refer to them in their entirety as “work.” In honor of such discrepancies, I offer you a selection of images of the Saigonese* at work and play, shot on my first day here. Big ups to my younger half for playing secondary eyes with me all afternoon. (click images for larger versions)
*as I learned last night, the residents of Ho Chi Minh City, at least of a certain generation (referred to by a 31 year old friend as “my generation” – whatever range that implies, I’m not sure) prefer to refer to their city as Saigon and themselves as Saigonese. So much for efforts to avoid Americo-centrism in nomenclature.