Seven Days: Vermont's Independent Voice

Michael Metz

In 2010, while Michael Metz was in China for work (he develops businesses that use precious metals in electronics), he decided to spend a weekend in Vietnam. Metz has been an amateur photographer since high school in the ’70s, when he opted for a photography class over joining a sports team. He often takes time out during his travels to document the world around him with his camera. Metz spent his weekend in Hanoi photographing street vendors. “I was there alone,” he recalls. “It was hot as hell.” His show, titled “Hanoi, 2010,” at Mirabelles in Burlington, offers a glimpse into that steamy, bustling, barefoot scene. Through January 31. The pictured work is untitled.