The cover of S P A C E | Ho Chi Minh City, ‘A Cool Evening’ is this arresting image by Van Tran, September 2020

‘A Cool Evening’

Discovery. When you go somewhere new, you can find out things about yourself. Things that, for example, maybe you had no idea were inside of you or that you could dream into possibility. Plus, you can experiment and explore to find out how to try new ways to do old things. Certainly such sorts of things are not new to chef-photographer Văn Trần.

Not only did he work in a four-star hotel kitchen for five years, trying new recipes and both failing and succeeding at many adventures while he was still in his hometown in Danang, he’s also been abroad. He traveled to: Melakka, Penang, Bangkok and Chiang Mai. These are all places that are quite far, relatively, from his beloved hometown, of Danang.

The images below are from Hồ Chí Minh, where he spends his time observing quiet moments and the day-to-day. (Also, the weather.)

Gathering the story in one millisecond, this is the everyday noticing of that which is, simply there, simply noted, in the big city.

A little quiet spot to sit and watch the things go by. Lonely? No. Sad? Never. The simply being, and not-thinking is part of the aesthetic of The Quiet Places.

Everydayness and the simplicity of all that exists in the passing of time in one’s routine, that’s part of it, too.

Waiting for the other, missing the connection, sitting still anyway, to observe, and delight in the finding-out of that which surrounds telling a new kind of story.

On my way to the places to be, quietly, sitting still, being in the company of safe vibes, in a city that can often overwhelm with its business and distractions and tiresome airs.

‘In Reds’ investigates the query of pause, in color palettes alongside the roadside, which is the street photography Van Tran most often adopts.

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Atelier S P A C E Ho Chi Minh City Art Director: Văn Trần

‘A Cool Evening’

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