7."Children on the Way from Lai Chau"

Sébastien Laval, Children on the Way from Lai Chau, Digital print on Hahnemuhle matte paper, 15.35” x 15.74”, 1997
Sebastien Laval is a photographer living in Poitiers France. Introduced to photography as a young man by his grandfather in Paris, he quickly developed a passion for documenting the life around him. In the early 90’s Laval had an opportunity to travel to Vietnam. Traveling throughout the country he quickly developed a deep interest in documenting the lives of the ethnic minorities living in the remote regions of Vietnam. Laval has presented his work on the ethnic minorities in the prestigious Hue festival in 2008 and in 2010.

As his interest in ethnic minorities in Vietnam, the photograph depicts the children who live in Lai Chau, a province in northern Vietnam. This is also the region that reside most of Vietnamese  ethnic minorities. There are 54 ethnics in total that live in Vietnam including Kinh (Vietnamese). 

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