Photography
#flowers
#Vietnam
#water
June 26, 2020
Grace Ebert

All images © Trung Huy Pham, shared with permission
Each year as the Mekong Delta floods, locals gather hordes of long-stemmed lilies from the water-covered rice fields. Photographer Trung Huy Pham recently captured the annual harvest in a vivid series taken in the Long An and An Giang provinces in Vietnam. He photographs the farmers wearing canonical hats as they collect the fast-growing flowers, which often are used as decoration and as additions to hot pots. The pink water lilies swirl in the water, forming an S-shape as their stems align.
Pham shares an incredibly diverse array of shots taken around Vietnam on Instagram.
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