But what if we are not there? How do they look like? How do they feel? Do they miss us? Do they know that we, humans, are so mortal, so fragile? That someday we're gone. This time temporarily maybe. Another time could be forever. So are they, someday. They're just some places in this world. Do we forget them in new places? Or do they still occupy someplace in our hearts and minds?
"One day by chance, left on my road is your footprint... The road is still waiting. But it's never seen someone's feet again."
(Hoa Tim Ngoai San - a Vietnamese song)
Nguyen enters in his ongoing series the motifs of urban spaces with a great deal of empathy. He makes the city, urban landscapes and architecture visible. With his artistic documentary photography he refers to a reality that we all know, but interprets this reality with his with his photographic style and visual language. His deserted pictures are telling atmospheric and poetic stories of our soul.