Jonas Lampens in Hanoï

Op vraag van het Vietnamese Ministerie van Cultuur, het Vietnam Pictorial, de Asia-Europe Foundation en World Press Photo Foundation konden twintig beloftevolle Europese en Aziatische studenten fotografie aan het werk in de straten van Hanoi. Laatstejaarsstudent fotografie Jonas Lampens was één van hen.

We citeren Jonas' tekst uit de catalogus die werd gepubliceerd bij de verschillende tentoonstellingen in Europa en Azië (2005).

"When the French built the railway that runs through Hanoi in 1898, they constructed homes five or six meters away from the track. Since then, Vietnamese people have put up shops, businesses and houses in between - sometimes only a meter or so from the rails.
Many who lives there once worked for the rail company, others are street vendors, but not everyone is poor - there's a large middleclass group too, as well as everything from hairdressers and bakeries to bicycle repair shops and furniture stores. Everyone knows the exact timing of the trains, and accidents are extremely rare."