Winners of Vietnam Heritage Photo Awards 2019 honoured
A ceremony was held by the Heritage Magazine under Vietnam Airlines in Hanoi on December 21 to announce and honour the winners of the Vietnam Heritage Photo Awards 2019.
Photo collection “The ethnic diversity of northern Vietnam” by Alden Anderson, an American living in Vietnam, wins a special prize at the Vietnam Heritage Photo Awards 2019. (Photo: Heritage)
Hanoi (VNA) - A ceremony was held by the Heritage Magazine under VietnamAirlines in Hanoi on December 21 to announce and honour the winners of theVietnam Heritage Photo Awards 2019.
Launched from March to August 2019, the organising board received more than3,000 entries from photographers, including 183 photo series (about 2,500photos) for the photo set category and nearly 500 works for the cover photocategory.
The judges selected and presented a total of 16 prizes. The special prize fromthe photo set category was awarded to the work collection “The ethnic diversityof northern Vietnam” by Alden Anderson, an American living in Vietnam.Meanwhile, the set of photos “Le Tau Sai cua nguoi Dao Son Dau" (The Tau Sai festival of the Dao ethnic communitywith painted heads) by Thanh The Vinh took first prize.
Regarding the cover photo category, the work “Ngay moi o ho Tuyen Lam" (New day in Tuyen Lam Lake) byNguyen Tac Tuan won the special prize, while first prize belonged to the work“Cau Long Bien" (Long Bien Bridge) by author Tuan Dao.
Addressing the event, Le Hoang Dung, editor-in-chief of the Heritage Magazineand head of the organising board, said the Vietnam Heritage Photo Awards aimsto create a playground for photographers and reporters from both home andabroad. The authors have brought to the public their precious photos and photocollections, contributing to promoting the unique features of Vietnam’sheritage culture.
On the same day, an exhibition showcasing 16 prize-winning photos and photocollections of the 2019 awards opened at the King Ly Thai To Monument area inHanoi’s Hoan Kiem district, together with the works produced by photographersduring their photo tours in Myanmar in April 2019 and in Vietnam’s CentralHighlands in November 2019./.
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Photo collection “The ethnic diversity of northern Vietnam” by Alden Anderson, an American living in Vietnam, wins a special prize at the Vietnam Heritage Photo Awards 2019. (Photo: Heritage)
