Best pho in town

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• isabela_sor (34438)
• [2006-10-23 7:44]
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But tell me...the food was good,like your friend said?I like a lot this daily life scen,Jan
A nice week
Isabela

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• russte (0)
• [2006-10-23 7:52]

Hi Jan, the scan and added grain has contributed to the mood of this wonderful image of street life as well as turning the colours delicate, pastel shades. Very well composed, and the viewer of the photo is left in doubt about the restaurant and its context. Perhaps the shadows around the woman are a little too dark (perhaps a job for the Shadow/Highlight tool in PS) but not enough to detract from the quality of the image. Well seen. Stephen

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• brpo (338)
• [2006-10-23 8:06]
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I like the soft tones of the picture and the balanced framing. I am sure the Pho was good...

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• jdwyer264 (1077)
• [2006-10-23 8:34]

Great shot, love its simplicity and lack of staged feeling. TFS

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• Fakir (0)
• [2006-10-23 8:52]
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Quintesence of exotics. Really impressive shot. This is quite incredible place and context. And this is drammatic sign of poverty of this country in those years.
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Widzę, że dopadli Cię "badacze Pisma Świętego" ze swoją poprawnością, hihi. 3maj się chłopie.

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• Cormac (25336)
• [2006-10-23 11:37]

Great shot! This has a tone that looks more like a painting than a photo, because of the lighting and because of the classic composition. This should be hanging in a gallery! The sense of life and realism is impressive, but it is also very well balanced and pleasing to the eye. Superb!

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• Fis2 (34549)
• [2006-10-23 12:35]

Cze¶æ Janek!
Takie zdjêcia zawsze ogladam z zainteresowaniem... Ma ta fota swoj± warto¶æ. Dobre reporterskie spojrzenie i egzotyczna kolorystyka.
Pozdrawiam
Krzysztof

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• njmv79 (454)
• [2006-10-23 14:34]

Hello Jan,
It is hard for some people to believe that in some countries mostly Africa and Asia live without knowing what they are going to feed their children or themselves the next day, I remember once, someone said: - "I say this little child asking his Mom - Mom is there bread in heaven?" and the child just died...
Regards my friend,
Nelson

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• Ulishna (2238)
• [2006-10-23 14:44]

Hello Jan,
very good old shot! Good film grain, nice mood.
Julia

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• saigon (4951)
• [2006-10-23 14:58]

yes j'aime beaucoup le PHO!!
exellente composition friend JASMI!
amitiés....aldo.

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• ngythanh (8362)
• [2006-10-23 15:09]
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I failed to weight your notes, "and the town looked as bombing has finished a day before. Sad but true."
If this is true artwork, you deserve all respect and admiration.
If not, maybe I would put the blame to Henry Kissinger who advised President Nixon to authorize the last bombing of Hanoi after Christmas 1972.
And I would tell him the same, "I don't want to provoke or to give offense to anybody, Doctor!".

Thanh

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• gilou530 (27125)
• [2006-10-23 15:11]

salut jan
encore un bon scan d'une photo qui date de 88, belle scéne de vie de ce pays, bravo
amitiés
gilbert

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• cessy (13569)
• [2006-10-23 15:20]

Halo Jan
very nice capture of the woman, great angle and composition
you captured very well the reality there

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• vinicio (19385)
• [2006-10-23 17:30]

Your serie about the trip in Asia have great appeal Jan, this is another example, true view of life in the age and attestation of it, thanks and compliments.
Have a good week
Ciao
Vinicio

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• teutza (10040)
• [2006-10-23 17:58]

Hy Jasmis,
i think this is a very good composition..and a very good note:)
when you love someone...that person might be not so nice or beautiful but you sure see it like the best thing in the world..
i can say that to all things in life..food is a very important one:)there are a lot of restaurants..very good looking with very bad food..and there are manny restaurants with good food and nice people but not so fancy..
so..i see your photo like a very touching one..
thanks for sharing your images and your thoughts:)
teo

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• mark88 (5671)
• [2006-10-24 1:30]

Super scena i rewlacyjny tytuł, tak trzymaj bo to już historia. Podoba się bardzo.
Pozdrawiam, Marek.

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• Graal (44865)
• [2006-10-24 2:18]

Walczyles ze skanowaniem ale koncowy efekt przyzwoity. Ciekawy dokument z polnocnego Wietnamu z tamtaj epoki.
Pozdr. Al.

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• AiresSantos (27320)
• [2006-10-24 3:07]
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Hi Jan,
Interesting, very interesting picture of the vietnam. Like Isabela, i put the same question... is the food good ?
Very well captured this daily life scene.
TFS and hreetings,
Aires

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• jrj (33694)
• [2006-10-24 4:48]

hi jan
Another interesting details back from 1988. I guess the best restaurant of today looks a bit different. Interesting details included and the little grainy effect seems to be just the right thing for this compo.

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• Burberry1 (6009)
• [2006-10-24 6:03]

Swietna fotografia, niesamowity kadr, moment, kontrast i skan!!
Ech, zazdroszczę szczerze tej podróży Janie!!

Pozdrawiam, A.

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• TRASH (0)
• [2006-10-24 6:13]
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I am a woman from Central Vietnam (South side of the DMZ during the war). I escaped Vietnam after it has been "liberated" in April 1975, then "unified" in 1976. But your statement (This is Hanoi from 1988 - and some parts of the town looked as bombing has finished a day before. Sad but true.) promted me to have some thoughts.

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Your photograph triggered 2 large discussions and when I expected your cool and humble explanation, I faced your replies in a language different than English that you used to post your photographer's note. You made me understand that you want to hide something from all of us.

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When coming to Vietnam to cover the war after 2nd WW, Robert Capa, until his death near Hanoi by a landmine, he never put the blame to weapon, bombings or shellings. Bernard Fall repeated the same honest style until his death while with the soldiers over the "Street Without Joy".
Marc Riboud published an entire book (Face of North Vietnam) he shot under and immediately after the bombings in North Vietnam but he never blamed the quality of his pictures to "bombing has finished a day before". You took this picture over a decade later, in peace time, with high-end technology (Zenith TTL camera on ORWO dia film and then scanned with Microtek FilmScan 3600 and PP in PS.)
If you want to successfully show us the result of bombings and shellings, here is a sample. To describe the poverty of Vietnam, do like this. To point of how disgusting, here you go.

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Jan:

In 1966, Israel’s leading newspaper, Maariv, invited the legendary military commander Moshe Dayan to be its war correspondent in Vietnam. Dayan, then 51 years old, jumped at the chance… He thought the war could be easily won if only the American public would approve the bombing of North Vietnam back into the stone age.

General Curtis Emerson LeMay (1906–90) in his book “Mission with LeMay: My Story”, published in 1965, page 565 wrote:
“My solution to the problem [of North Vietnam] would be to tell them frankly that they’ve got to draw in their horns and stop their aggression, or we’re going to bomb them back into the Stone Age. And we would shove them back into the Stone Age with Air power or Naval power—not with ground forces.”

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Well, the purpose of the picture I interpreted from your statement is you tried to select such a picture to justify that both generals, Dayan and Curtis Emerson LeMay were correct. You should get credit for such a propaganda.

Educate me if I am wrong.

Regards,

MQ

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• efigesta (12173)
• [2006-10-24 6:28]

Hi my friend
interesting daily life shot here,great portrait and interesting colors
regards
manuel

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• jlynx (10389)
• [2006-10-24 8:04]
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Witaj Janie,
Czas sprawi³, ¿e te kadry wyjête z g³êbokiej szuflady przypominaja nieco olejne obrazy z epoki, do której zaledwie mo¿na dotrzeæ pamiêci±. Ogl±danie tych zdjêæ jest dla mnie du¿ym prze¿yciem. Dziêki wspania³ej intuicji stworzy³e¶ obrazy bardzo sugestywne, naturalne i w sposób naturalny piêkne.
pozdrawiam,
Jurek

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• maki (0)
• [2006-10-24 14:07]

Duzy usmiech za te wyraziste, mocne, zlamane barwy i kontrast wyrazisty i jeszcze atmosfere sprzed lat wielu. Bardzo ciekawie wypadl napis na tej desce, czy tekturze...
Kawal historii i dobra reporterka,
pozdrawiam,
maki

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• faubry (28891)
• [2006-10-24 14:20]

again one superb photo with warm light, beautiful daily life scene
à++ francine

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• Buin (26597)
• [2006-10-24 14:44]
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Hallo Jan!
What a tumult about the title...! I didn't understand everything but - nevertheless it's an interesting and soulful picture. The light in this one works very well and gives a very special scenery. A photo with a history ...
Greetings from stormy and rainy Germany!
Frank

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• f4i (0)
• [2006-10-25 1:22]

looks good

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• Stepan (26917)
• [2006-10-25 1:48]

I really enjoy this "old" serie. A strong atmosphere here, due to the subject and the treatment. Even looks like an old newspaper shot. Really great.
Stéphane
PS : you should create a travelogue.

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• vincz (17522)
• [2006-10-26 4:52]

This looks so much like a painting coming from a different age. This is wonderful jan. Congratulations.

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• sebinho342 (17782)
• [2006-10-26 10:48]

Hi Jan, i love those historical shots, taken in 1988 wow pretty long time ago. I folowed your discussion with trash and i like the way you answered, very calm and diplomatic, good !
Ths picture itself is great, love contrasts and grain aspect, fits very well the mood of this excellent restaurant :)
Great !

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• berek (23962)
• [2006-10-27 1:04]

Witaj Jan,
Vietnam is mystic place in the world. you took well daily life picture from Vietnam. very good composition. have a nice day.
Burak
my overall evaluation -> ***

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• lebich_1972 (1607)
• [2006-10-27 3:31]

great job ! well done you relly made me surprised !
Hanoi is my hometown, your photos really tell a story which I know very well!
TFS

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• everlasting (9745)
• [2006-10-31 3:46]

Again such rich tones in this well composed daily life shot. Havign just this munite rretunred from Ha Noi I can tell you it hasnt changed at all.

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• Polonaise (17687)
• [2006-10-31 13:56]
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Oct.23 2006
Jan.. Your note ?
That's not really fair!
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Updated: Oct. 31 2006
As great as at its tumultuous beginning.
The words were flying high, and the emotions boiled, and all of these are just enriching the contents of this incredible photograph.
As much art, as a photo documentary of those years.
We can talk and fight forever, but this picture will stay precious forever in its silent beauty.
Thanks, Jan.
JG

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• starbug (6924)
• [2006-11-03 7:15]

czesc Jan, i chyba niewiele zmienilo sie od tego czasu. najlepsze jedzenei jakie pamietam z Azji to wlasnei serwowane w takich miejscach (nie wspominajac juz ze najtansze:-)) prostota otoczenia i wyposazenia, ale kulinarnie i emocjonalnie bogato jak w palacu. zdjecie niemal historyczne, z ta wyblakla tonacja ktora podobala mi sie tez tak bardzo w starych zdjeciach Jerzego.
pozdrawiam
O.

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• entrelec (8336)
• [2006-11-28 7:48]
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I choosed this one rather than the most recent.
A nice moment, simple but touching.
have a good day

Joel

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• Ber (6858)
• [2006-12-04 9:12]

Przyklad na to jak notatka moze wplywac na odbior zdjecia. Osobiscie naleze do tych, ktorym wystarczy sam obraz, no ale... Prezentowane, nastrojowe miejsce mi sie podoba, a kolorki zwlaszcza!