Photos shot with a Pentax camera and a generic 50 mm lens on Kodak Pan Tri-X black and white film and scanned to small jpeg files from the negatives.

They are not the best photos I’ve shot, but they accurately captured what I saw.

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Album 5: Refugees on the Run

Waiting.

Packed and waiting.

In line for food.

The rice dole.

Laundry.

Bath time.

Makeshift shelter.

Gone.

Babysitter.

All they could carry.

Album 4: Living on the Street

Leading a blind beggar

Begging at ‘The Noodle’

A stick for support

Street kid

‘Horse-Face’ Girl

Pan, the cai addict

Street boy.

Cai addict passed out

Waiting for kip

Album 3: People on the Street

Beauty

Traditional & modern

The cook’s son

War news

Construction crew

Hill tribe broom sellers

Hi, guys

Babysitter and charge

Playing in construction side

On guard

Album 2: The Early Days

Sa Wan, the maid

First home: Anou Hotel

My apartment, Rue Manthathourath

The Morning Market

5 Orange kip notes = US $1

Album 1: Scenes from My Life in Laos

Frequent visitors

‘My’ bench on the Mekong

From atop the hotel

Everyday transporation

Haja & Habeeb, purveyors

Rue Lan Xang, main street

Around the corner

Ordinary life in Laos

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I will be adding more photos over time. Stop by now and again.

All photos copyright ©2018 by David L. Haase.