Hanoi Streets 1985-2015

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- Close to 200 beautiful portraits and landscape photographs documenting Hanoi''s transformation from 1985 to 2015 - Visually compelling record of a city''s post-war evolution over the course of three decades, well before the ''tourist boom'' and a glimpse into how a city has become modernized - Intimate and candid portraits of people in their home settings, street scenes, urban architecture, and the city''s surrounding countryside - One of very few Western photographers to gain access to post-war North Vietnam - Detailed captions provide a strong sense of place and context, reflecting historical references and evocative changes to the landscape; a complete study over time Documentary photographer William E. Crawford spent three decades documenting Vietnam, and in particular Hanoi, its people and the surrounding countryside. As one of the very first Western photographers to work in post-war North Vietnam, Crawford was drawn back to the country numerous times at regular intervals between 1985 and 2015 to recor