Homecoming

Anyone who knows me on a personal level, outside the The Gay Men Project and the blog, knows this trip to Vietnam was much more personal than the other trips I’ve taken for the project. I keep trying to write down how I feel–meeting my father for the first time, spending time in my mom’s childhood village–but I don’t know how I feel. Or at least I can’t put it down to words. Maybe that’s why I’m a photographer. So I’ve just taken a lot of pictures, more so documenting the experience of my mom who is returning to Vietnam for the first time in thirty-one years, since fleeing pregnant with me and with my two older sisters in a fishing boat.

photo by Kevin Truong

photo by Kevin Truong

photo by Kevin Truong

photo by Kevin Truong

photo by Kevin Truong

photo by Kevin Truong

photo by Kevin Truong

photo by Kevin Truong

photo by Kevin Truong

photo by Kevin Truong

photo by Kevin Truong

photo by Kevin Truong

photo by Kevin Truong

photo by Kevin Truong

photo by Kevin Truong

photo by Kevin Truong

photo by Kevin Truong

photo by Kevin Truong

photo by Kevin Truong

photo by Kevin Truong

photo by Kevin Truong

photo by Kevin Truong

photo by Kevin Truong

photo by Kevin Truong

photo by Kevin Truong

photo by Kevin Truong

photo by Kevin Truong

photo by Kevin Truong

photo by Kevin Truong

photo by Kevin Truong

photo by Kevin Truong

photo by Kevin Truong

photo by Kevin Truong

photo by Kevin Truong

photo by Kevin Truong

photo by Kevin Truong

photo by Kevin Truong

photo by Kevin Truong

photo by Kevin Truong

photo by Kevin Truong

photo by Kevin Truong

photo by Kevin Truong

4 thoughts on “Homecoming

  1. Mary

    Amazing, Kevin! These are great photos and I love seeing the little bits from your trip. There is so much I can’t wait to hear about! Enjoy the rest of your time there!

  2. Sam Perkins

    Lovely, poignant. Nice touch in the final picture: holding the tip of the collar.

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