Shimmering Light - Images of Vietnamese Elders, 2001 / photographed by N. M. Tiet Ho

PXE 875/1-10

fonds

2001

Graphic Materials, Photographs

421132

Photographs - 10 silver gelatin photoprints - 30.5 x 40.5 cm.

1. Marrickville walking group having a break along the Cooks River
2. Ballroom dancing at the Community Hall of Lidcombe Library on a Sunday
3. Exercise at the Herbert Greedy Hall in Marrickville. Some members are over 90 years old
4. Sharing a meal: after exercise, the group have lunch together [Herbert Greedy Hall, Marrickville]
5. A 'Len Dong' ceremony in Warwick Farm. The 'master of ceremony' wears a succession of brilliantly coloured costumes, dances and enters a trance to absorb the spirits of the dead
6. The mantra walk at Ni Vien Thien Hoa in Cabramatta
7. Mrs Le at Huyen Quang pagoda in Bankstown. Photographs of deceased relatives are placed at the altar
8. At the Huyen Quang pagoda in Bankstown
9. Cooking at the Huyen Quang pagoda in Bankstown. Free vegetarian lunch prepared by volunteers on the weekend
10. Fishing at the Sydney Harbour Bridge

Selected images from the 'Shimmering Light - Images of Vietnamese Elders' exhibition, held at Cabramatta, Marrickville and Lidcombe Libraries, August-October 2001.
Exhibition flyer and further captions available with the photographs.
Article on exhibition: 'Shimmering lives, shattering myths: images of wonder from Sydney's other Vietnam', Sydney Morning Herald, 20 August 2001 p.7

Captioned by photographer