http://www.lightstalkers.org/galleries/contact_sheet/27728 by Aaron Joel Santos http://www.lightstalkers.org en-us http://images.lightstalkers.org/avatars/43018/aaron_logo_small.jpg http://www.lightstalkers.org/Aaron Joel Santos <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1128894/light01_small.jpg' /><br />A farmer burns off crop residue to prepare for the post-flood planting season in Hanoi, Vietnam. This kind of "purging" on farmlands across Vietnam continues to cause damage to air quality and the local environment.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1128894'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1128894 Fri, 29 Oct 2010 01:40:16 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1128894 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1128894/light01_small.jpg' /><br />A farmer burns off crop residue to prepare for the post-flood planting season in Hanoi, Vietnam. This kind of "purging" on farmlands across Vietnam continues to cause damage to air quality and the local environment.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1128894'>view full-size image</a> Aaron Joel Santos <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1128903/light03_small.jpg' /><br />The Old Quarter, Hanoi.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1128903'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1128903 Fri, 29 Oct 2010 01:40:24 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1128903 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1128903/light03_small.jpg' /><br />The Old Quarter, Hanoi.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1128903'>view full-size image</a> Aaron Joel Santos <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1129788/light22_small.jpg' /><br />A portrait of Sense, a transgendered woman working as a designer and model in Pattaya, Thailand.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1129788'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1129788 Fri, 29 Oct 2010 01:41:17 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1129788 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1129788/light22_small.jpg' /><br />A portrait of Sense, a transgendered woman working as a designer and model in Pattaya, Thailand.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1129788'>view full-size image</a> Aaron Joel Santos <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1128909/light04_small.jpg' /><br />Aer Kong-on drives her car to theatre rehearsal on the grounds of Thammasat University in Bangkok, Thailand. Aer was born a male but lives life as a woman. When asked about taking hormones, she replies, "I make my own hormones."<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1128909'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1128909 Fri, 29 Oct 2010 01:41:17 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1128909 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1128909/light04_small.jpg' /><br />Aer Kong-on drives her car to theatre rehearsal on the grounds of Thammasat University in Bangkok, Thailand. Aer was born a male but lives life as a woman. When asked about taking hormones, she replies, "I make my own hormones."<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1128909'>view full-size image</a> Aaron Joel Santos <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1128921/light08_small.jpg' /><br />Street vendors set up their table at the Ban Anou night market in Vientiane.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1128921'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1128921 Fri, 29 Oct 2010 01:41:17 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1128921 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1128921/light08_small.jpg' /><br />Street vendors set up their table at the Ban Anou night market in Vientiane.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1128921'>view full-size image</a> Aaron Joel Santos <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1128945/light16_small.jpg' /><br />Ant applies lipstick backstage at her music club. Ant is a 21-year-old ladyboy singer living in Bangkok, Thailand.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1128945'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1128945 Fri, 29 Oct 2010 01:41:17 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1128945 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1128945/light16_small.jpg' /><br />Ant applies lipstick backstage at her music club. Ant is a 21-year-old ladyboy singer living in Bangkok, Thailand.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1128945'>view full-size image</a> Aaron Joel Santos <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1128918/light07_small.jpg' /><br />Bangkok, Thailand<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1128918'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1128918 Fri, 29 Oct 2010 01:41:17 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1128918 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1128918/light07_small.jpg' /><br />Bangkok, Thailand<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1128918'>view full-size image</a> Aaron Joel Santos <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1128924/light09_small.jpg' /><br />Northern Vietnam<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1128924'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1128924 Fri, 29 Oct 2010 01:41:17 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1128924 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1128924/light09_small.jpg' /><br />Northern Vietnam<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1128924'>view full-size image</a> Aaron Joel Santos <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1128927/light10_small.jpg' /><br />A young migrant worker walks past a new construction project in the southern suburbs of Hanoi, Vietnam. What were once abundant rice fields on the outskirts of the capital are now being paved over and converted to new urban and industrial areas.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1128927'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1128927 Fri, 29 Oct 2010 01:41:17 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1128927 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1128927/light10_small.jpg' /><br />A young migrant worker walks past a new construction project in the southern suburbs of Hanoi, Vietnam. What were once abundant rice fields on the outskirts of the capital are now being paved over and converted to new urban and industrial areas.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1128927'>view full-size image</a> Aaron Joel Santos <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1128933/light12_small.jpg' /><br />Traditional medicine man in Hanoi, Vietnam.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1128933'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1128933 Fri, 29 Oct 2010 01:41:17 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1128933 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1128933/light12_small.jpg' /><br />Traditional medicine man in Hanoi, Vietnam.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1128933'>view full-size image</a> Aaron Joel Santos <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1128936/light13_small.jpg' /><br />Bonfire<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1128936'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1128936 Fri, 29 Oct 2010 01:41:17 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1128936 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1128936/light13_small.jpg' /><br />Bonfire<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1128936'>view full-size image</a> Aaron Joel Santos <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1128939/light14_small.jpg' /><br />Farmer Nguyen Van Duoc stops for a cigarette on his field beneath Long Bien Bridge in Hanoi, Vietnam. Each harvest he grows over 200 pounds of soybeans to sell to tofu makers in the city, making less than US$60 to support his wife and four children.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1128939'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1128939 Fri, 29 Oct 2010 01:41:17 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1128939 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1128939/light14_small.jpg' /><br />Farmer Nguyen Van Duoc stops for a cigarette on his field beneath Long Bien Bridge in Hanoi, Vietnam. Each harvest he grows over 200 pounds of soybeans to sell to tofu makers in the city, making less than US$60 to support his wife and four children.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1128939'>view full-size image</a> Aaron Joel Santos <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1128942/light15_small.jpg' /><br />Portrait<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1128942'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1128942 Fri, 29 Oct 2010 01:41:17 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1128942 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1128942/light15_small.jpg' /><br />Portrait<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1128942'>view full-size image</a> Aaron Joel Santos <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1128948/light17_small.jpg' /><br />Tiffany's Show in Pattaya, Thailand. Tiffany's is one of Pattaya's largest and most well-known ladyboy cabarets, and has been around for over 30 years.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1128948'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1128948 Fri, 29 Oct 2010 01:41:17 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1128948 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1128948/light17_small.jpg' /><br />Tiffany's Show in Pattaya, Thailand. Tiffany's is one of Pattaya's largest and most well-known ladyboy cabarets, and has been around for over 30 years.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1128948'>view full-size image</a> Aaron Joel Santos <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1129770/light19_small.jpg' /><br />A portrait of Tu at her home in Pattaya, Thailand. Tu, now 32 years old, has performed at Tiffany's Show, one of Pattaya's largest ladyboy cabarets, for the past 10 years.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1129770'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1129770 Fri, 29 Oct 2010 01:41:17 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1129770 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1129770/light19_small.jpg' /><br />A portrait of Tu at her home in Pattaya, Thailand. Tu, now 32 years old, has performed at Tiffany's Show, one of Pattaya's largest ladyboy cabarets, for the past 10 years.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1129770'>view full-size image</a> Aaron Joel Santos <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1128951/light18_small.jpg' /><br />A ladyboy sex worker waits for customers in an alleyway in Pattaya, Thailand.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1128951'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1128951 Fri, 29 Oct 2010 01:41:17 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1128951 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1128951/light18_small.jpg' /><br />A ladyboy sex worker waits for customers in an alleyway in Pattaya, Thailand.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1128951'>view full-size image</a> Aaron Joel Santos <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1129779/light20_small.jpg' /><br />Partying hard in Vang Vien, Laos. Vang Vien, once a quiet stop along the trail from Luang Prabang to Vientiane, is now a partygoers paradise, overrun by backpackers looking for cheap rooms, cheap drugs and cheap fun.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1129779'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1129779 Fri, 29 Oct 2010 01:41:17 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1129779 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1129779/light20_small.jpg' /><br />Partying hard in Vang Vien, Laos. Vang Vien, once a quiet stop along the trail from Luang Prabang to Vientiane, is now a partygoers paradise, overrun by backpackers looking for cheap rooms, cheap drugs and cheap fun.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1129779'>view full-size image</a> Aaron Joel Santos <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1129782/light21_small.jpg' /><br />A portrait of Vietnamese performance artist Dao Anh Khanh at his home in Hanoi.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1129782'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1129782 Fri, 29 Oct 2010 01:41:17 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1129782 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1129782/light21_small.jpg' /><br />A portrait of Vietnamese performance artist Dao Anh Khanh at his home in Hanoi.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1129782'>view full-size image</a> Aaron Joel Santos <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1129794/light23_small.jpg' /><br />A man jumps into a small pool near the Tat Kuang Si waterfall outside of Luang Prabang, Laos.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1129794'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1129794 Fri, 29 Oct 2010 01:41:10 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1129794 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1129794/light23_small.jpg' /><br />A man jumps into a small pool near the Tat Kuang Si waterfall outside of Luang Prabang, Laos.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1129794'>view full-size image</a> Aaron Joel Santos <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1129797/light24_small.jpg' /><br />A portrait of Aen, an Air Force Communications Officer and part-time hairdresser in Bangkok, Thailand.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1129797'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1129797 Fri, 29 Oct 2010 01:41:10 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1129797 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1129797/light24_small.jpg' /><br />A portrait of Aen, an Air Force Communications Officer and part-time hairdresser in Bangkok, Thailand.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1129797'>view full-size image</a> Aaron Joel Santos <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1129800/light25_small.jpg' /><br />A worker watches as a field burns to make a clearing to plant new crops in Yen Bai Province in northern Vietnam.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1129800'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1129800 Fri, 29 Oct 2010 01:41:10 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1129800 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1129800/light25_small.jpg' /><br />A worker watches as a field burns to make a clearing to plant new crops in Yen Bai Province in northern Vietnam.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1129800'>view full-size image</a> Aaron Joel Santos <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1129803/light26_small.jpg' /><br />Morning exercise along Hoan Kiem Lake in Hanoi.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1129803'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1129803 Fri, 29 Oct 2010 01:41:10 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1129803 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1129803/light26_small.jpg' /><br />Morning exercise along Hoan Kiem Lake in Hanoi.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1129803'>view full-size image</a> Aaron Joel Santos <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1129806/light27_small.jpg' /><br />Tattoo in Hanoi.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1129806'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1129806 Fri, 29 Oct 2010 01:41:10 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1129806 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1129806/light27_small.jpg' /><br />Tattoo in Hanoi.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1129806'>view full-size image</a> Aaron Joel Santos <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1129809/light28_small.jpg' /><br />Portrait near Long Bien Bridge, Hanoi.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1129809'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1129809 Fri, 29 Oct 2010 01:41:10 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1129809 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1129809/light28_small.jpg' /><br />Portrait near Long Bien Bridge, Hanoi.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1129809'>view full-size image</a> Aaron Joel Santos <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1129812/light29_small.jpg' /><br />Sapa, Vietnam<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1129812'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1129812 Fri, 29 Oct 2010 01:41:10 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1129812 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1129812/light29_small.jpg' /><br />Sapa, Vietnam<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1129812'>view full-size image</a> Aaron Joel Santos <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1129815/light30_small.jpg' /><br />A view of Long Bien Bridge and the surrounding countryside in Hanoi, Vietnam. The historic structure was built in 1903 and remains an important landmark in the capital, despite its crumbling pillars and rusting rails.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1129815'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1129815 Fri, 29 Oct 2010 01:41:10 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1129815 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1129815/light30_small.jpg' /><br />A view of Long Bien Bridge and the surrounding countryside in Hanoi, Vietnam. The historic structure was built in 1903 and remains an important landmark in the capital, despite its crumbling pillars and rusting rails.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1129815'>view full-size image</a> Aaron Joel Santos