Digital c-print on paper.

Description

Ho Chi Minh City-based photographer Phan Quang started his career as a photojournalist for publications such as Forbes, New York Times, Vietnam Economic Times, and others before focusing on his art projects about micro- histories. The series RE/Cover explores the lasting impact of Japanese soldiers stationed in Vietnam until 1955 and gives voice to the human stories that are not included in official historical narratives.

No. 1 depicts a man who was born in 1943 as the son of a Vietnamese woman and a Japanese soldier who got married in 1941. His identity card says he is Japanese, but he has never been to Japan.

Description from "Vietnam in Transition, 1976–Present" Exhibition Catalog, 2023, p.36.