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Vietnamese photographer wins prestigious international award

A photo capturing a farmer surrounded by drying fish by Vietnamese photographer Khanh Phan has won the travel category of the Sony World Photography Awards.
Vietnamese photographer wins prestigious international award ảnh 1Drying Fish by Vietnamese photographer Khanh Phan (Photo by Khanh Phan via Sony World Photography Awards)
Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - A photo capturing a farmer surrounded by dryingfish by Vietnamese photographer Khanh Phan has won the travel category of theSony World Photography Awards.

The photo, entitled Drying Fish, was taken in Long Hai market in the centralprovince of Ba Ria-Vung Tau on July 26, 2020. The wooden trays viewed fromabove look like a giant brocade woven by the farmer.

The Sony World Photography Awards is one of the most competitive photo contestsin the world, as it receives 330,000 entries from around the world, among whichonly the 10 best photos are selected as winners for its 10 categories of opencompetition.

These 10 best photos will be selected further to find the best work of theseason and the photographer awarded 5,000 USD, plus the latest Sony digitalimaging equipment. The overall winner of the competition will be announced onApril 15.

Khanh Phan is the first and only Vietnamese photographer to win the opencompetition of the prestigious photo contest.

Phan said winning was a memorable experience in her photography career and allwinning works by Vietnamese photographers like hers are “tourism ambassadors”for Vietnam.

Produced by the World Photography Organisation, the annual Sony WorldPhotography Awards are one of the most important fixtures in the photographiccalendar.

The awards are a global voice for photography and provide a vital insight intocontemporary work today. Now in their 14th year, the awards consist of fourcompetitions: Professional (for photographers entering a body of work orportfolio), Open (for photographers entering a single image), Student (foracademic institutions) and Youth (for 12-19 year-olds).

The jury will evaluate and award the final first prize to a single photographerwith the best work.

Khanh Phan was born in Quynh Phu district in the northern province of Thai Binh,but is now based in Ho Chi Minh City. In 2017, she bought her first camera,sparking her passion for photography.

Khanh Phan said her journey to become a photographer was not easy. She tends toventure into difficult conditions such as climbing high mountains, swimming inmud or waiting for dawn at a graveyard to take photos.

However, the trip throughout Vietnam over the past three years has helped KhanhPhan gain a lot of success in pursuing a career in photography and win 30domestic and international awards.

Earlier, she won a gold award in the People/Culture category with her workentitled The Children Dancing With Gong and a silver one in the Travel/Tourismcategory with Drying Fish at the Tokyo International Foto Awards (TIFA) 2020./. 
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