The landscapes and people of the Northwest through the lens of a Dutch photographer

Traveling along various routes across the Northwest, Dutch photographer Mick Palarczik captured a stunning photo series showcasing the scenery and people of this region.


Black Dao women in Tam Duong (Lai Chau) style their hair in an elaborate roll, decorated with a hairpin attached to a large silver frame. Coins are attached to children's hats, which are believed to have the ability to ward off evil spirits.


Stunning scenery in Tam Duong.

Two Hmong girls affectionately embracing each other at the Bac Ha market, Lao Cai.

This vibrant giant butterfly is a dress of a Hmong woman drying on a fence in a village by the Chay River.


Flower Hmong women in Bac Ha.

Lac Village in Mai Chau (Hoa Binh) is surrounded by rice fields in a poetic valley.


A stilt house of the White Thai people in Lac Village.


[i]A road in a village of the White Thai people in Mai Chau.[/i]


Black Thai women bathing children near a water wheel by the Nam La River, Son La.

The water wheels on the Nam La River.


The Black Thai community builds an irrigation dam to divert water to new water wheels on the Nam La River.

A herd of water buffalo crossing the Nam La River.

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A sun-shaped talisman attached to a water wheel on the Nam La River.

Transporting bamboo trunks in Son La.

[i]A Black Thai girl in Son La.[/i]


A White Hmong girl practicing crossbow shooting in Tuan Giao, Dien Bien.


[i]Sowing seeds in Nam Muc Valley, Lai Chau.[/i]

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