Hanoi exhibits century old photos by French photographer

Update: 11/12/2013
A color photograph exhibition themed ‘Hanoi and Color’ opened in Hanoi on December 9, displaying 60 stunning images of Hanoi taken a century ago.

The exhibition was organized by the People’s Committee of Hanoi and the Ile De Region of France.

The photographs on display were taken by French photographer Léon Busy a century ago.

The exhibition also includes more than 1,500 original color photos, taken from 1914-1917, showing the physical and spiritual life of Vietnamese people at that time.

This is the first color photograph exhibition with many documents, historical evidence on Hanoi Capital taken a century ago.

Source: SGGP