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Utilizing the banality of Vietnamese state radio broadcasts, The Story of Ones gives a face and a sense of place to the unseen and offers a personal counterpoint to the officially sanctioned. Like entering a roomful of stories, the viewer steps into an unfamiliar space guided only by the sound of the radio tuning in to lifestyle programming, call-in shows and radio dramas. The portraits and settings layered atop the aural landscape create questions, provide humor, offer context and withdraw explanation of what once seemed clear before entering the room.

Pham Ngoc Lan {Phạm Ngọc Lân} was born in Hanoi, Vietnam; in July 02, 1986. He studied urban design and urban planning from 2004 to 2009 at Hanoi Architecture University (HAU). Inspired by the paradox of all living things, Lan considers himself an urban life observer rather than a photographer or an urban designer. Using photography and film as two of the favorite tools to express his ideas, his work attaches special importance to the direct, poetic and especially the whimsical respects of human life.