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Copyright: Franco Degani (degani) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 168 W: 0 N: 222] (2137)
Genre: People
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-03-30
Categories: Daily Life
Camera: Sony DSC-f828
Exposure: f/2.2, 1/60 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-03-09 3:27
Viewed: 428
Points: 12
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from Wikipedia: Hội An is a small city on the coast of the South China Sea in the South Central Coast of Vietnam. It is located in the Quảng Nam province and is home to approximately 88,000 inhabitants.
The city possessed the largest harbour in Southeast Asia in the 1st Century and was known as Lâm Ấp Phố (Champa City).
The former harbour town of the Champa people at the estuary of the Thu Bon river was an important Vietnamese trading centre in the 16th and 17th centuries, where Chinese from various provinces as well as Japanese, Dutch and Indians settled down. During this period of the China trade, the town was called Hai Pho (Seaside Town) in Vietnamese. During the French colonial period (1883-1945), it was called Faifo. Originally Hai Pho was a divided town, because across the "Japanese Bridge", it used to be the Japanese settlement (16th-17th century). The bridge (Chùa cầu) is a unique covered structure built by the Japanese, the only known covered bridge with a Buddhist pagoda attached to one side.
The town is known to the French and Spanish as Faifo, and by similar names in Portuguese and Dutch. A number of theories have been put forth as to the origin of this name. Some scholars have suggested that it comes from the word "Hái-phố" (海浦) meaning "sea town", while others have said that it seems more likely to simply be a shortening of Hội An-phố (會安浦), "the town of Hoi An", to "Hoi-pho" which became "Faifo".[1]
In 1999, the old town was declared a World Heritage site by UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) as a well-preserved example of a Southeast Asian trading port of the 15th to 19th centuries, whose buildings display a unique blend of local and foreign influences.
Today, Hội An is still a small city, but it attracts a fair number of tourists, also being a well established place on the backpacker trail. Many visit for the numerous art and craft shops and tailors, who produce made-to-measure clothes for a fraction of the western price.[2] Several Internet cafés, bars and restaurants have opened along the riverfront. Some popular evening venues, especially with Western visitors, are Tam Tam's restaurant and bar, the Before and Now bar on Le Loi, the Mango restaurant as well as the Salsa on the other side of the river.
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che peccato esserci andati in giorni diversi, ma già c'erano quelle stupide riunioni ....
ma ho ben vividi questi ricordi di queste persone sempplici che si guadagnano duramente da vivere cercando di costruirsi un mondo migliore anche invitandoci a portare con noi dei pezzetti di stile loro..
ciao, buon lavoro
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  • jorgi Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 705 W: 124 N: 474] (2153)
  • [2008-03-10 3:31]
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Hi Franco,

this is beautiful portrait and great compliment for this working lady. I like how you showed her hands shaping new pottery. Her totaly fresh silky clothing appears like untouchable to dirt from work. Colour work is marvelous, this orange brown with shiny pink. Beautiful capture of great quality.

Kind regards,
Jeri

Vietnam, Spagna e ancora Vietnam, ma non stai fermo un minuto franco e su TN sei negli Stati Uniti, bella questa immagine dell'anziana artigiana al lavoro, belle le sue mani che modellano con maestria un vaso, ottima immagine di vita quotidiana, bravo, ciao Silvio

Questa signora, seppur silenziosa, trasmette dignità maestria e fierezza per ciò che sta facendo.
Bravo.

Roberto

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  • crckt Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1137 W: 68 N: 1027] (5403)
  • [2008-03-10 15:30]

Hi Franco,
This is a nice shot. I like the smoothness of this shot. The colors are also very nice.
Well done,
Shaeri

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  • lousat Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 545 W: 8 N: 376] (3163)
  • [2008-03-10 17:26]

Ciao Franco..ottima testimonianza di vita quotidiana..mi fa un po' specie il viso della donna...perfetti colori e dettagli...buona giornata,Luciano

Hey Franco. This is a good capture at a very good angle. I've had the opportunity of witnesing pot making in Turkey, done a bit differently in a more comfortable position. but the art remains the same. well done.

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