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IT’S 40 YEARS since the end of the Vietnam war – a conflict many of us probably know better from countless American war films than anything else.
It’s a truly stunning country, and one that Dublin photographer Ian Thuillier spent three months travelling around earlier this year with his girlfriend.
“I was in Cambodia two years ago and loved everything about it – the colours, the people, the food. I knew then that I wanted to get back to that part of the world, hence the Vietnam trip,” he told TheJournal.ie.
Travelling from Saigon in the south to Hanoi, and through all the villages in between, Thuillier saw a country that touched him deeply.
They’re an incredibly beautiful people, and very forgiving of the past. They don’t hold onto things like we do in the west.
Thuillier met survivors of the war, people who weren’t alive then but who exist day-to-day with the after-effects of the American bio weapon Agent Orange, and visited former battle sites transformed into beautiful landscapes.
It’s a country that’s still heavily mined so you can’t stray too far off the beaten path. There’s caves that were used as hospitals, munition dumps, bombs as tall as a man buried in the ground like art pieces.
The photos he took on his trip are compiled in a new book, ‘Vietnam: 40′ which has seen him shortlisted out of over 100,000 photographers worldwide for this year’s Sony World Photography Awards.
Ian will also hold his first exhibition on 10 December in Dublin.
An Indiegogo page to help fund the Vietnam:40 exhibition can be found here
Getting involved in the culture wars won’t help their prospects
These polls are getting easier. No.
@Madra: Have to agree.
Not good when the soundings out of the camp in recent days has switched to ‘we’re just happy to be here regardless of the result’.
@Madra:
There are no difficulty levels
“Eurovision” would be a great name for an EU optician company. Everyone makes a spectacle of themselves.
I absolutely and sincerely hope not.
An absolute embarrassment to the country.
@Jim Bob: Sounds okay to me. Anyone know why he’s wearing a hood like a disco ball?
After Dustin and Jedward, I’d say no one takes Ireland serious.
@Vincent Walsh: Jedward finished 6th in final! Our best result for a long time.
not a hope in hell, poor song
Where is the ‘don’t care’ option.
@RJ: It’s going to be back for tomorrow’s poll. Two options as answers. WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN IGNORANCE AND APATHY? A) I DON’T KNOW B) I DON’T CARE
@RJ: you cared enough to comment.
@Terry Fagan: For a comment like that: Null Point
Bring on Dustin.
Where is the “I couldnt give a fiddlers” option on the poll?
They wouldnt win their way out of a paper bag
No .Poor Lyrics also Title is childish.
,,,,they’ll generally have decided on a winner before voting even begins. Now where does Ireland stand?
Doesn’t matter Ukraine will be picked to win again
Had a chance until Dustin was mentioned. What a waste if Rte were the people who decided he should be on stage
Plenty of readers that don’t care., cared enough to read the article and vote!!!
Maybe but they definitely won’t win. For once I’m not rooting for us.
Irelande non points
That gold yoke he’s wearing is horrible. Harry styles wannabe. Not very wild.
Not a chance. They are muck.
I couldn’t vote as there wasn’t an option for “couldn’t care less”.
As long as RTE are running the competition in Ireland we will never win. They consistently send turkeys (Sorry Dustin!) to make sure Ireland won’t win. If we did RTE would have to host the competition the following year! It would near bankrupt the station, who would have to go to the Government for a bailout. Answer is privatise the station!
An opportunity to show Putin “We Are One”
I don’t know. And that isn’t an option!
It’s not the worst song we’ve had in the last 10 years but it’s not far off it. I’d be very surprised if we get through. Sweden will win on Saturday night. But I like the Danish song.
What is with the silver masks, what are they hiding come on!
Is there an option that we dont care????
Vote here you don’t care
Why don’t they send U2
OMG, the Irish fella is packing some serious camel toe!!!
aww Jesus stop entering this
Guys, I hope U2 got some credit on that song.. Where the streets have no name sounds awwwwful familiar. Don’t believe it? Go listen…
Cliche-ridden pap produced by ChatGPT.
What is Eurovizmuz? I could ask essential questions like, What is existentialism…What is the meaning of Meaning…Where is it all at? etc. etc.
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