Photographer Nguyen Duc Loi showed visitors photos of Hanoi that are part of his private exhibition at Nguyen Hong street.
One photo captures Guom (Sword) Lake during autumn. Another image captures a barber cutting a client's hair in a small alley.
To Loi each photo contains a story or a memoir about the capital.
"We do not know what we have until it is gone forever. It is my desire to capture those lost moments that will never return," said Loi.
In order to catch unique images, Loi usually works early in the morning and wanders around into the late hours of the night.
The 65-year-old man first studied electrical engineering at the Hanoi University of Science and Technology before he was infatuated by photographs.
"It was photography that chose me," he said.
A few of the patrons were curious why most of his photos concentrated on capturing labourers as well as the contrast between black and white.
"I was born to a poor family, so I know deeply about poor people, who have to struggle to make it through the day," Loi said. "I also want to emphasise the difference between the rich and the poor through colours."
Nguyen Huy Thong, a journalist, photography critic and friend of Loi's, said that each of Loi's photographs revealed extraordinary scenes that people hardly notice.
"My friends and Loi's family members are willing to support him since we know he wants to do something for Hanoi ," said Thong.
Loi has taken 2,000 photos of Hanoi . The pictures will be compiled into books that are dedicated to the 1,000th anniversary of the capital this year./.
One photo captures Guom (Sword) Lake during autumn. Another image captures a barber cutting a client's hair in a small alley.
To Loi each photo contains a story or a memoir about the capital.
"We do not know what we have until it is gone forever. It is my desire to capture those lost moments that will never return," said Loi.
In order to catch unique images, Loi usually works early in the morning and wanders around into the late hours of the night.
The 65-year-old man first studied electrical engineering at the Hanoi University of Science and Technology before he was infatuated by photographs.
"It was photography that chose me," he said.
A few of the patrons were curious why most of his photos concentrated on capturing labourers as well as the contrast between black and white.
"I was born to a poor family, so I know deeply about poor people, who have to struggle to make it through the day," Loi said. "I also want to emphasise the difference between the rich and the poor through colours."
Nguyen Huy Thong, a journalist, photography critic and friend of Loi's, said that each of Loi's photographs revealed extraordinary scenes that people hardly notice.
"My friends and Loi's family members are willing to support him since we know he wants to do something for Hanoi ," said Thong.
Loi has taken 2,000 photos of Hanoi . The pictures will be compiled into books that are dedicated to the 1,000th anniversary of the capital this year./.
