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Thomas Billhardt's Travels to Vietnam 1967 - 2000

Topic: Exhibitions
Periods:
  • 2000
Artists:
  • Thomas Billhardt
The Photographer Thomas Billhardt went to twelve trips to Vietnam between 1967 and 1975. He returned in 2000 to exhibit his photographs in Hanoi.
Interview with Thomas Billhardt at the Kleinmachnower Heimatverein on 13.05.2022

Thomas Billhardt has traveled to Vietnam twelve times since 1967. His photographs of the war, but also of everyday life, were exhibited in the GDR and many other countries. In 2000, Billhardt returned to Vietnam and had large-format prints of his pictures exhibited in Hanoi. He later met some of the people portrayed at that time again. In the video interview, Thomas Billhardt recalls his impressions on returning to Vietnam in 2000.

Photo of a smiling woman holding up a large print of a black and white photo showing a little girl. Her face is held by the hand of an adult person who cannot be fully seen in the image.
Thomas Billhardt, Vietnam, 1967 and 2000, photographs exhibited in Hanoi in 2000. Courtesy of photographer Thomas Billhardt

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