Levels - Lao Cai, Vietnam Size:24 x 36 in. (Limited Edition) are not among them

are not among them

with silver-blues in the clouds and a spreading yellow from a sunrise still hoping to break through in the earliest moments of the day

still capture I wanted to see if I could further blend the two together

like sheaves of rice

blue-sky days that much brighter

Levels - Lao Cai, Vietnam Size:24 x 36 in. (Limited Edition) are not among themThe Story Appearing almost like a layered cake, Red Dao families in Lao Cai work together along terrace heights to plant green rice shoots for a later fall harvest. Unlike cultivating rice at lower elevations, where deltas and plains can yield multiple harvests each year, in the mountains the climate often allows for just one. The work also is much more labor intensive by comparison, with machines often being less practical in the terraces and most of