The mother was relaxing in an alley with her baby on her lap

Mother and baby relaxing in lane
Mother and baby relaxing in an alley

It happened while I was walking through the backstreets of Ho Chi Minh City. Once I turned off the noisy main road and stepped into a narrow alley, the air seemed to slow down, as if time itself had eased its pace.

Around a corner, I came across a mother sitting with her baby. They were resting quietly under the eaves, shaded from the sun. Our eyes met, and when I lifted my camera, she gently placed the baby on her lap and smiled warmly toward me.

The baby, on the other hand, stared at me in silent curiosity, not quite sure what was happening. That gaze—free from language or rules—held a kind of pure light, as if the child was already trying to absorb everything about this unfamiliar world with all their might.

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Sep 2009 PEOPLE VIETNAM

PHOTO DATA

No

3137

Shooting Date

Mar 2009

Posted On

September 3, 2009

Modified On

June 24, 2025

Place

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Genre

Portrait Photography

Camera

CANON EOS 1V

Lens

EF85MM F1.2L II USM

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