Vietnamese photographer Nguyen Thanh Hai (better known as Maika Elan)
recently won the first prize for contemporary storytelling through
photography at the World Press Photo Contest for her essay of 12 photos
featuring the daily lives of homosexual couples in Viet Nam.
Able to live as a couple either secretly or openly,
with or without support from their families, homosexual people today
have the luxury of choosing how much of their private lives they make
public.
