In the remote countryside of Vietnam, lie small populations of people with disabilities from having had Leprosy. There are currently 22 Villages like this in Vietnam and approximately 3600 patients. Having survived a history of persecution, war and murder, they were exiled and forgotten by the outside world. These people live in little brick shacks with no insulation from the elements and very poor sanitation. They have no means to improve their lives and solely rely on their caretakers. They receive most of their contact from the outside world, by little broken radios and TVs. Subjected to poor health care, and inadequate food and funding, these people continue to survive and live a life forced upon them by their ill fate.
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.
