French photographer and reporter Bruno Barbey’sarchive of photographs taken on his 35mm film is an unrivalled record of life in the capital city of Hanoi during the two years from 1994-1995.


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Local vendors sell children’s toys in front of the Ngoc Son Temple during the Lunar New Year Festival.




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Sidewalk firework vendors at the Mo market. 





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A young man rides on Honda Win 100. 





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A wedding procession in a small flooded valley.





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A boatwoman at the Yen Stream, Perfume pagoda.




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A brick workshop in the outskirts of Hanoi.





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Residents shelter from the rain under the Long Bien Bridge in the district of Gia Lam.





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Ngoc Thuy road in Gia Lam district. 





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A shop selling altars for ancestor worship on Hang Quat street.




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Workers demolish houses to pave the way for road construction.





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Changing of the guard at the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum.






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Two girls look attentively at a foreign magazine.

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