Although there are still deprivations, hardships due to hard work, two children in the highlands still diligently work to support the family. Their smiles were captured by a photographer in a completely impromptu photo shoot.
A hard-nosed Ha Giang region…
That is the story of Le Quang Long (27 years old, resident of Thang Binh district, Quang Nam) told by a series of photos that two Hmong babies are the main characters.
Passionate about photography, aspiring to capture beautiful moments of life through the prism, Quang Long decided to spend 3 years at university to pursue his dreams. And throughout that journey, Quang Long lived with the dream of going and making many photos documenting peaceful life throughout all parts of the S-shaped land.
Recently, the photographer of Quang shared the story of two Hmong babies in ha Giang upland district, attracting attention in the online community.
Quang Long stumbled upon X and Cho during a travel in the Ha Giang rock plateau.
The story is told by Quang Long with a series of random photos, in a chance he visited the upland district and caught two babies gardening to support the family.
Quang Long recalled: “It was a drizzle day in Ha Giang, the fog flooded the aisles and the sun kept coming out and then turned off, the space was sad and cold again.
From Dong Van town, I followed the mountain road to the capital in Thii Phin Cao. On the slippery wet rain road, zooming out into the distance, from above I caught two young people working hard in the mountains and hills.
I turned the car and went straight down to the two of you, bumpy rocky road, vertical mountain slope. Seeing me, the two of you were confused and kept my head bowed, and I approached and started talking.
The two of you seem to know very little Kinh so the conversation is quite difficult, I only know how to use body language to express. Soy and Cho are two names that I rewritten in Kinh, Xiao are male friends and Cho are female friends. Two Hmong friends, born and raised in the Ha Giang rocky plateau.”
It is known that the two babies in the highlands initially appeared quite shy when meeting strangers. Quang Long decided to roll up his hands and help the two children to make bronze and gradually become close with two small friends.
Seeing strangers, the two of them appeared quite shy, bowed to continue their work
Although Xiao is only 8 years old, cho is only 7 years old, but the two children have done the hard work of adults such as land hoeing, seeding, maize cultivation, ash fertilization, radish extraction …
At that time in the highlands was quite cold, but each child only wore a thin coat, bare head. Hard work, inclement weather, yet two babies still diligently work, occasionally teasing each other and smiling naturally still standing on small lips beautiful.
That moment made Quang Long can not help but pick up the camera and press, the series is completely improvised, live, causing the people to “melt”.
“Everything in my sights became beautiful, the ca vang flowers blazing in the middle of a immense mountainous setting, the sides of the mountain sterilization, low dew fly. That day Ha Giang became cold to numb, I wore 2 warm shirts, in addition to wearing more raincoats, the feeling of still numbing.
But looking back at you two, bare-headed and on the body with only the coat, the feeling of love…
I sat there for four hours, and at first I just stood and watched you do it, and I seen little Girl Chong and her to carry the war filled with ashes, and her heart was choking back in a lot of pain.” – Quang Long said.
Although the trip was quite a long time ago, in the heart of the photographer still intact the inscribable inscribable in words for two babies H’Mong. That emotion spread to the online community through the story and photo series that Quang Long shared.
The story of the photographer who dropped out of university midway through, spent 9 years traveling with 3 times through Vietnam
To live fully with a passion for photography, Quang Long has spent 9 years traveling the country. Where to go, Quang Long tries to observe to save the true photos, full of life activities but bring very own colors through his prism.
It can be seen that children in upland and remote areas always have a special attraction to photographers from Quang. Besides the moment of production labor, the idyllic beauty and intimacy of life are also easily caught through the lens of Quang Long
Quang Long and his companions are the camera, roaming along the S-shaped strip of land.
Quang Long has many memorable memories on the past journey. These are the times when sleeping on the street when traveling, then once asking people to stay at home to understand more about the customs of the region.
But perhaps the most unforgettable memory is 6 times to the school in the deep of Tek Pi, Nam Tra My district (Quang Nam). 9x Quang Nam is also building a volunteer group called “Green Footsteps” aimed at workers and children in the upland region.
But perhaps the most unforgettable memory is 6 times to the school in the deep of Tek Pi, Nam Tra My district (Quang Nam). 9x Quang Nam is also building a volunteer group called “Green Footsteps” aimed at workers and children in the upland region.
Through a series of photos of two Hmong babies, Quang Long confided: “Really hope that no matter what, you will never forget your dreams and forget to strive to realize, to get rid of poverty, the misery that made your childhood too hard.
Also pray that every child in this country, at an age that should still be free to play, will never be deprived of that free spirit.
It’s all going to be big, but hopefully everyone gets to grow up peacefully, simply and with as little hard work as possible.”
Let’s take a look at the series of photos of 2 children in Ha Giang:
Source: Nhịp Sống Việt