Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
$100 - $500 / Day
A Journalist and Photographer from Sydney, Australia, currently working from Vietnam. I specialise in covering social struggles, breakthroughs and interesting developments in Vietnam, and also have experience in environmental journalism for Mongabay.com. I currently write for Mongabay, for Asia Times, and have been featured in the ABC and other international publications. In my view, the world only exists because of stories – without stories and the lives that hold them together, we would be nothing but simple matter, unevolved and with no purpose to push ourselves forward. Looking forward to working with you!
Dog meat consumption has become more mainstream as the country grows wealthier, but social attitudes are changing about the cruelty of the trade - whether or not it is moral to eat a dog, the way in which these animals are moved and processed is undeniably cruel...
43 years ago, Peter Safe and Rod Harlor would have shot Vo Xuan Thu on sight, deep in the Vietnamese jungle. Now, the former enemies have met to discuss their plans to build a veterans club in the area — a shared space for vets from Vietnam, Australia and New Zealand. As they share their stories, it becomes clear that any animosity between the men is long gone, if it ever existed...
Vietnam's first government-approved nude photography exhibit was a watershed moment in a gradual easing of state control on certain art forms. I meet three artists - photographer Hao Nhien, oil painter Hoang Nam Viet and anti-state singer-songwriter Mai Khoi - to talk about their artmaking in a country that is far from open...
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