SPINE OF RELIEF
This project was inspired by the concept of the Afterlife in Asian culture.
It’s about the expectation of suffering, the convergence of identity to fit tradition, the stories that are buried, and what families don’t discuss. It’s about the color of purity and what you leave behind. Spirits in transit that float and stumble in the no man’s land of fear. It’s about how the space in between is perceived and how we experience the final State of Being.
FOR THE HOMIES
“FOR THE HOMIES” is a project that comes from years of wandering through dense Southeast Asian cities, getting lost in alleyways and side streets with no real direction. I wanted to document the city beyond its touristic image, capturing the everyday environments where local life really is.
I wanted to explore how identity, style, and community take shape within Saigon’s lesser-seen streets and social spaces. It’s a direct, unromanticized portrait of the city and the people who inhabit its beaten tracks.
TAKE ME HOME
Go quietly, past the altar where the world goes blind.
Scream in the silence, but don’t become the noise.
Don’t blame the mouth of madness; every soul has its plague.
You are still the child of collapse.
Don’t forget — don’t forget.
Spit the truth even when it bends the throat,
Before this place tears your name
And sells your worth
To those who breathe the earth,
Those who are pure, sustain
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