A Hmong woman pauses briefly to view the vast valley below in Sa Pa, Viet Nam, as she walks from the town center back to her village.
A young Hmong guide stops to smile for a photograph outside of Sa Pa, in northern Viet Nam. Like many Hmong women of her generation, she has chosen to forgo a life of toiling in the fields, opting instead to cast her lot with the country's growing tourism industry.
A young Flower Hmong woman smiles for a photograph in Bac Ha, Viet Nam. It's often difficult to discern whether you should blame a young Flower Hmong woman's beautiful dress or facial features as the reason you can't stop looking at her.
Locals crowd around to watch a horse race in Bac Ha, northern Viet Nam.
A Hmong woman in Sapa, Vietnam. The Hmong are one of Vietnam's 54 ethnic minority groups.
A Black Hmong, one of the native tribes in Sapa, Vietnam sells here colorful textiles adorned with intricate patterns.