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Documentary photographer William E. Crawford was one of the first Western photographers to gain access to North Vietnam after the war ended. He has photographed the capital, Hanoi, at regular intervals since 1985, concentrating on the colonial and indigenous architecture, urban details, landscapes and intimate portraits of people in their home settings, street scenes and the city’s surrounding countryside. Crawford is the only known Western or Vietnamese photographer to approach Hanoi as a study over time. In the years before the tourist boom, he was often the only American in the North. Crawford’s early photographs reveal a city in extreme disrepair, but with enough colonial and precolonial detail remaining to give a sense of what the city had looked like in better times. Here: 72 Mã Mây (Rattan Street), 1988. (Photo by  William E. Crawford from the book “Hanoi Streets 1985-2015: In the Years of Forgetting”)

Documentary photographer William E. Crawford was one of the first Western photographers to gain access to North Vietnam after the war ended. He has photographed the capital, Hanoi, at regular intervals since 1985, concentrating on the colonial and indigenous architecture, urban details, landscapes and intimate portraits of people in their home settings, street scenes and the city’s surrounding countryside. Crawford is the only known Western or Vietnamese photographer to approach Hanoi as a study over time. In the years before the tourist boom, he was often the only American in the North. Crawford’s early photographs reveal a city in extreme disrepair, but with enough colonial and precolonial detail remaining to give a sense of what the city had looked like in better times. Here: 72 Mã Mây (Rattan Street), 1988. (Photo by William E. Crawford from the book “Hanoi Streets 1985-2015: In the Years of Forgetting”)



Man lifting weights. (Photo by  William E. Crawford from the book “Hanoi Streets 1985-2015: In the Years of Forgetting”)

Man lifting weights. (Photo by William E. Crawford from the book “Hanoi Streets 1985-2015: In the Years of Forgetting”)



View across Hàng Gai (Hemp Street), 1994. (Photo by  William E. Crawford from the book “Hanoi Streets 1985-2015: In the Years of Forgetting”)

View across Hàng Gai (Hemp Street), 1994. (Photo by William E. Crawford from the book “Hanoi Streets 1985-2015: In the Years of Forgetting”)



Circus performer, 1988. (Photo by  William E. Crawford from the book “Hanoi Streets 1985-2015: In the Years of Forgetting”)

Circus performer, 1988. (Photo by William E. Crawford from the book “Hanoi Streets 1985-2015: In the Years of Forgetting”)



174 Hàng Bông (Cotton Street), 1986. (Photo by  William E. Crawford from the book “Hanoi Streets 1985-2015: In the Years of Forgetting”)

174 Hàng Bông (Cotton Street), 1986. (Photo by William E. Crawford from the book “Hanoi Streets 1985-2015: In the Years of Forgetting”)



Major General Trần Công Mân (Editor, Army newspaper), 1988. (Photo by  William E. Crawford from the book “Hanoi Streets 1985-2015: In the Years of Forgetting”)

Major General Trần Công Mân (Editor, Army newspaper), 1988. (Photo by William E. Crawford from the book “Hanoi Streets 1985-2015: In the Years of Forgetting”)



35 Hàng Trống (Drums Street), 1995. (Photo by  William E. Crawford from the book “Hanoi Streets 1985-2015: In the Years of Forgetting”)

35 Hàng Trống (Drums Street), 1995. (Photo by William E. Crawford from the book “Hanoi Streets 1985-2015: In the Years of Forgetting”)



14 Hàng Tre (Bamboo Street), 2009. (Photo by  William E. Crawford from the book “Hanoi Streets 1985-2015: In the Years of Forgetting”)

14 Hàng Tre (Bamboo Street), 2009. (Photo by William E. Crawford from the book “Hanoi Streets 1985-2015: In the Years of Forgetting”)



Mother of a soldier missing in action, 1986. (Photo by  William E. Crawford from the book “Hanoi Streets 1985-2015: In the Years of Forgetting”)

Mother of a soldier missing in action, 1986. (Photo by William E. Crawford from the book “Hanoi Streets 1985-2015: In the Years of Forgetting”)



54 Hàng Ga (Chicken Street), 1994. (Photo by  William E. Crawford from the book “Hanoi Streets 1985-2015: In the Years of Forgetting”)

54 Hàng Ga (Chicken Street), 1994. (Photo by William E. Crawford from the book “Hanoi Streets 1985-2015: In the Years of Forgetting”)



Bicycles  – going home, 1987. (Photo by  William E. Crawford from the book “Hanoi Streets 1985-2015: In the Years of Forgetting”)

Bicycles – going home, 1987. (Photo by William E. Crawford from the book “Hanoi Streets 1985-2015: In the Years of Forgetting”)



103 Hàng Bông (Cotton Street), 1995. (Photo by  William E. Crawford from the book “Hanoi Streets 1985-2015: In the Years of Forgetting”)

103 Hàng Bông (Cotton Street), 1995. (Photo by William E. Crawford from the book “Hanoi Streets 1985-2015: In the Years of Forgetting”)
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