The winning series of photos by Viet Van describe his mother's “Filled Nostalgia” for his dead father. (Photo: RPST/VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Viet Van, a photo journalist from Lao Dong(Labour) Newspaper, has won the first prize at the 6th ChangInternational Fine Art Photo Contest in Thailand.
The winning series of photos, themed “Filled Nostalgia”, depictmemories of the photographer’s mother – Assoc. Prof. Le Thi Duc Hanh – for herdead husband – researcher of folk theatre Tran Viet Ngu.
The old lady’s nostalgia for her husband is described through thephotos of the things that remind her of him – “ao dai”, the Vietnamesetraditional tunic she wore on their wedding day in 1965, his love letter to herduring wartime, his old typewriter and more.
The photos were part of Viet Van’s personal project, named “My mother”(Part 2).
The second prize went to an Iranian photographer, Saeed Rezvanian, fora photo collection named “Our Scattered Parts,” followed by “Bad Memory” byPatara Mesuwan from Thailand.
The award ceremony will take place at the end of this year in Bangkok,Thailand.
The Chang International Fine Art Photo Contest by the RoyalPhotographic Society of Thailand was initiated in 2011 by Thai Beverage PublicCo., Ltd and is an annual event organized in collaboration with the RoyalPhotographic Society of Thailand, aiming to promote and support fine artphotography and photographers at an international level.
This year’s competition, themed “Memories”, called for participants ofany nationality to send their work as a set which must contain a minimum ofthree photographs and not exceeding five photographs.-VNA
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