Works of photographer Dang Quang Vinh (Source: baotintuc.vn) Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnamese photographers have won big at the 14th Orhan Holding International Photography Contest whose awarding ceremony washeld in Bursa, Turkey on December 1.
Funded by the Orhan Holding and co-sponsored by the InternationalFederation of Photographic Art (FIAP) and the Photographic Arts Federation ofTurkey, this year’s contest drew 671 photographers from 71 nations with over5,000 works.
Vietnam had 15 photographers participating, who won a totalof 12 prizes. Photographer Dang Quang Vinh alone brought home five prizes,including the FIAP’s Best Author and the Orhan Holding special awards in theexperimental category. Three other photos taken by him were also awarded in themonochrome category.
In the monochrome category, Luong Nguyen Thien Chuong,another Vietnamese photographer, won the gold prize.
Besides the prize-winning works, nine other works ofVietnamese photographers also made their way into the contest’s exhibition.
The prestigious Orhan Holding Photography Contest has beenheld annually since 1998. At first, the contest was reserved for Turkishphotographers. Since 2004, it has been open to photographers from around theworld.-VNA
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