Nostalgic old Tet through a photo set recreating the subsidy period in Hanoi

    Ninh Phương (Ảnh: Hoàng Anh Hiền) |

    Hanoi - The nostalgic Tet photos of the past are meticulously cared for from costumes, accessories to settings and shooting techniques... to bring realistic frames.

    Ảnh: Hoàng Anh Hiền
    The photo set "Tet in the subsidy period" was taken in an old space in a corner of Quang An flower market. A group of young people recreated the scene of everyone happily shopping in the chilly weather in the North like in old days.
    The Northern rural market is recreated through the moment of the footsteps of the elderly excitedly shopping for Tet, with images of green banh chung, peach branches, kumquat trees...
    In the hurried pace of life today, we choose to return to those very old Tet days. Those images are simple but very warm. Every year, we build new ideas but still consistently follow the trend of recounting old stories, old Tet and traditional values," shared Mr. Hoang Anh Hien - owner of Calica Wedding photo studio.
    Ảnh: Hoàng Anh Hiền
    To create this photo set, the author mobilized nearly 30 members, with about a month from the day of brainstorming the idea to the day of shooting.
    “Khâu khó khăn nhất của bộ ảnh “Tết thời bao cấp” là tìm mượn và mua sắm trang phục của các nhân vật sao cho giống ông bà ngày xưa, từ áo len, áo bông cho đến giày dép đi ngoài đường. Việc chuẩn bị các phụ kiện đồng bộ trở nên rất vất vả và tốn nhiều thời gian. Trong tuần chuẩn bị, các thành viên trong nhóm liên tục liên hệ, nhắn tin để mượn đồ người thân, đồng thời có 2, 3 người phụ trách kiểm duyệt trang phục; những trường hợp chưa đạt yêu cầu phải tiếp tục hoàn thiện“, anh Hiền nói thêm. Ảnh: Hoàng Anh Hiền
    The biggest difficulty in the process of taking the photo set "Tet in the subsidy period" was borrowing and buying costumes.
    Việc chuẩn bị các phụ kiện đồng bộ trở nên rất vất vả và tốn nhiều thời gian. Trong tuần chuẩn bị, các thành viên trong nhóm liên tục liên hệ, nhắn tin để mượn đồ người thân, đồng thời có 2, 3 người phụ trách kiểm duyệt trang phục; những trường hợp chưa đạt yêu cầu phải tiếp tục hoàn thiện
    Each member in the photo set had to dress like their grandparents in the old days, with outfits such as velvet shirts, sweaters, cotton coats... to crow beak scarves, Ushanka hats from the old Soviet Union, and shoes.
    Ảnh: Hoàng Anh Hiền
    The group of young people prepare accessories and costumes by referring to archival images online and asking directly to grandparents in the family to ensure accuracy in every detail such as bicycles, shopping carts, Tet flower displays...
    Hoài niệm chợ hoa Tết thời bao cấp.
    Quang An flower market has the appearance of a Tet flower market in the subsidy period through the photo set.
    Ảnh: Hoàng Anh Hiền
    The crew also used a very old travel camera, currently worth only about 1-2 million VND - with the desire to create image quality imbued with the Tet atmosphere of the old days.
    Ảnh: Hoàng Anh Hiền
    On the day of the photoshoot, the crew woke up at 3 am to put on makeup, in order to express the image of old grandparents in the most realistic way.
    Ảnh: Hoàng Anh Hiền
    Photo locations include Quang Ba flower market, Dong Xuan market and Hoan Kiem Lake. These are all familiar Tet shopping and Tet play spots on the Hanoi tourism map of the past and present.
    Ninh Phương (Ảnh: Hoàng Anh Hiền)
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