are part of his private exhibition at Nguyen Hong street.
One photo captures Guom (Sword) Lake during autumn. Another image
captures a barber cutting a client's hair in a small alley.
To Loi each photo contains a story or a memoir about the capital.
"We do not know what we have until it is gone forever. It is my desire
to capture those lost moments that will never return," said Loi.
In order to catch unique images, Loi usually works early in the
morning and wanders around into the late hours of the night.
The 65-year-old man first studied electrical engineering at the Hanoi
University of Science and Technology before he was infatuated by
photographs.
"It was photography that chose me," he said.
A few of the patrons were curious why most of his photos concentrated
on capturing labourers as well as the contrast between black and white.
"I was born to a poor family, so I know deeply
about poor people, who have to struggle to make it through the day," Loi
said. "I also want to emphasise the difference between the rich and the
poor through colours."
Nguyen Huy Thong, a
journalist, photography critic and friend of Loi's, said that each of
Loi's photographs revealed extraordinary scenes that people hardly
notice.
"My friends and Loi's family members are
willing to support him since we know he wants to do something for
Hanoi ," said Thong.
Loi has taken 2,000 photos of
Hanoi . The pictures will be compiled into books that are dedicated
to the 1,000th anniversary of the capital this year./.
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