Andrea Orejarena & Caleb Stein: Long Time No See
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Long Time No See emerges from a two-year collaboration developed within Làng Hữu Nghị (Friendship Village) in Hanoi, a residence founded for Vietnamese veterans and families affected by Agent Orange, the chemical defoliant deployed by the U.S. military during the Vietnam War under Operation Ranch Hand. Established in 1992 by U.S. veteran George Mizo as an act of reparation and reconciliation, the village continues to house multiple generations living with the ongoing effects of chemical warfare.
Combining photographs, video stills, drawings, and collaborative image-making, the publication reflects on memory, inheritance, and the persistence of war across generations. Dream-like scenes co-directed with veterans move between reality and staged fiction, while drawings made by younger residents intervene directly onto photographs, transforming the book into a shared visual space rather than a singular documentary account.
Rather than offering a fixed historical narrative, Long Time No See approaches the aftermath of war through fragments, gestures, and collective authorship, foregrounding how trauma, care, and memory continue to shape everyday life decades after the conflict officially ended.
Published by Jiazazhi
2022
China
Hardcover
22 × 30.5 × 1.7 cm
168 pages
