Bop, 68, sits on his bed and listens to his broken radio for world news which comes on every evening at 5:30PM. At the age of 6 he contracted Leprosy and his family brought him to the Van Mon Leprosy Village near Thai Binh City in Northern Vietnam. He comes from a farmer?s family and has always wanted to know more about the world outside Van Mon. His radio is his only connection to that world. He has lived at Van Mon for his entire life. Even though Bop has lost both of his eyes, all of his fingers and toes to the disease, he still manages to take care of himself with little or no help. Twice a day he walks 1km to church to pray. When asked why he goes to church so much he said, "I have this disease (leprosy). If in this life I don?t have something to believe in for my next life, then I have nothing, except that I?m unlucky. My life now has become meaningless. I don?t care anymore about my life now or dream about anything in this life. So now I am living and praying, looking forward to the next life."
A scientist by training and a lover of photography. Ehrin started studying photography after coming to Asia and being influenced by his experiences there. His main focuses of subject matter are reportages and portraitures. he has been commisioned for commercial imagery and studio work as well.
Ehrin has been based in Hanoi, Vietnam since 2006. He was born in the Netherlands to a Dutch mother and an American father. As a teen, his mother took him to the Middle East and Europe and opened his eyes to the world. After graduating from the University of Florida he set out to discover more. Ehrin lived and worked in New Zealand for a year and then traveled through Asia and eventually decided to live there.
