Six teams of writers and pho­to­graph­ers have cap­tured indi­vidu­als and com­munit­ies in Hanoi for a book, an e-book and an exhib­i­tion. Using words, pho­to­graphs and videos, In a City tells the stor­ies of every­day people: their pas­sions and prob­lems, rela­tion­ships and routines, voca­tions and obses­sions. The loc­a­tions range from Lenin Park to shacks on the Red River, and from homes and cof­fee shops in small alley­ways to an art school. See the e-book here

Under the cur­a­tion of Brit­ish artist DJ Clark, the six teams of writers and pho­to­graph­ers were:

- Na Son & Truong Uyen Ly
– Nguyen Viet Hung & Vu Lam
– Ngo Xuan Phu & Le Ngoc Son
– Nguyen Ba Quang & Hanh Do
– Hazel Thompson & Nguyen Quoc Thanh
– DJ Clark, Jamie Maxtone-Graham & Do Tuong Linh

DJ Clark has ten years exper­i­ence as a news pho­to­grapher, work­ing for numer­ous news­pa­pers and news agen­cies around the world. He is cur­rently course leader for an MA Inter­na­tional Pho­to­journ­al­ism course run by the Uni­ver­sity of Bolton (UK) in Dalian, China where he has lived for the last two years.

The exhib­i­tion can be seen at Hanoi Inform­a­tion and Exhib­i­tion Centre, 45 Trang Tien, from 15–21 May 2009

For more inform­a­tion con­tact: tram [dot] vu [at] brit­ish­coun­cil [dot] org [dot] vn