quay lại, xem lại

I revisited these landscapes with my mother in 2022: some were physically familiar while others were known only through stories, particularly those of my grandfather’s time in the mountainous North West region as a teacher in the 60s. Re-experiencing the same landscapes in different forms - words, images, memory, physically - all served as anchors my familial history and grounds my diasporic imaginings.

This series — quay lại, xem lại (return to look again) —was shown at Dzo Viet Eatery and a part of the 27th Scotiabank Contact Photography Festival Open Call and was also  was also featured in Sojourns and Odysseys Flo Literary Magazine - Issue 5.