Northwestern region shines in Dutch photographer’s lens

Dutch photographer Mick Palarczyk has travelled all over the northwestern region and took simple and fascinating landscape views of the land and people there. Following are some photos he has taken while travelling in the region.

A small village in Muong Hoa valley, Sa Pa district, Lao Cai province

An ear-ring of a black H’Mong woman

Black H’Mong men are harrowing their fields

Red Dao women in Sa Pa market

Hang Tom bridge over Da River in Lai Chau province

Bauhinia flowers and houses on stilts in Nam Muc valley,  where H’Mong people live.

A river-side village of White Thai people

Poking holes to sow the seeds in Nam Muc valley, Lai Chau province

Sowing the seeds

A White H’Mong girl learning how to shoot with a crossbow in Tuan Giao district, Dien Bien province

Amulet to expel demons is glued on a waterwheel in Nam La River

A waterwheel on Nam La River

Bathing in a stream

A hamlet of White Thai people in Mai Chau district, Hoa Binh province

Flower H’Mong women in Bac Ha district, Lao Cai province

Overview of Tam Duong district, Lai Chau province

A White Thai man

A necklace of Red Dao women

A market stall of Black H’Mong people in a market

A Black H’Mong woman plays the flute