For the past two years I have been taking photos of various scenes in Vietnamese American life and I thought I'd share them with you on my blog. This specific series is titled " Happy Nails", a selection of shots taken at a nail salon. As you might already know, the nail salon is the unofficial hub of all Vietnamese culture in America. I remember when I was younger, my family would go on road trips, and being illiterate and not able to speak English, we always looked for nail salons whenever we were lost. The little shops, often garishly decorated with charmingly simply names like "Top Nails", "Paris Nails" and "#1 Beauty Nails", are the life line of Vietnamese life in America, often in more ways than one.
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I will add to this series as more photos accumulate.
love and light,
-Ocean
"pick you color!"
hot, cold, and nails
morning offerings
in luck we trust...
getting ready to work
matriarch
bad news from the home country
so much depends upon the sound of money being counted
ready to work
Nicky, age 13
Tanh and Sarah (baby), not related
Hong and Sarah (aunt and niece)
Sarah and Sen (mother and daughter)
a slow afternoon
don't mess up!
seventeen
the view from here
genuflections
pedicure
beautiful
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