Details
Archival Pigment Print
16 × 20 in
40.64 x 50.8 cm
This photograph belongs to a larger body of work examining belonging through the relationship between place and diasporic memory. It depicts a French colonial mansion in Hanoi's central district, a structure that has witnessed generations of transformation within itself and the city around it. While its architecture appears timeless, closer observation reveals how people have continually adapted and reshaped its surroundings, leaving visible traces of changing social and cultural realities.
For those living in the diaspora, memories of home are often rooted in stories of what once was rather than what continues to become. The homeland is remembered as static, even as it evolves in our absence. This work reflects on that tension, suggesting that migration also requires accepting that places continue to change without us, and that belonging is shaped as much by reconciliation with change as by memory itself.
16 × 20 in
40.64 x 50.8 cm
This photograph belongs to a larger body of work examining belonging through the relationship between place and diasporic memory. It depicts a French colonial mansion in Hanoi's central district, a structure that has witnessed generations of transformation within itself and the city around it. While its architecture appears timeless, closer observation reveals how people have continually adapted and reshaped its surroundings, leaving visible traces of changing social and cultural realities.
For those living in the diaspora, memories of home are often rooted in stories of what once was rather than what continues to become. The homeland is remembered as static, even as it evolves in our absence. This work reflects on that tension, suggesting that migration also requires accepting that places continue to change without us, and that belonging is shaped as much by reconciliation with change as by memory itself.