Vietnam photographer wins international honor

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Le Hong Linh has been conferred the prestigious title of Master Photographer by the France-based International Federation of Photographic Art for his black-and-white portraits of children in the Vietnamese countryside.

Linh is the second Vietnamese photographer to win the honor after Hoang Quoc Tuan in 2009.

The federation has conferred the title on more than 100 photographers since 1980.

Linh said in his “Emotional childhood in Vietnam’s countryside” collection, he sought to capture the life of children in the countryside and store memories of childhood since they would be forgotten some day.

Linh has won more than 400 international awards and held 21 exhibitions around the world.

He recently won the second prize in the small black-and-white category in the Photographic Society of America’s annual “Who’s who in photography” contest.

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US honor for 3 Vietnamese photographers

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Three Vietnamese photographers are in the annual “Who’s who in photography” compiled by the Photographic Society of America.

Dao Tien Dat, who was one of the judges of an international competition hosted last month by the United Photographers International, an international photography organization, is rated top in the small color as well as black-and-white categories.

The photographer from the central province of Binh Dinh is also second in the digital category.

Le Hong Linh of Ho Chi Minh City is second in the small black-and-white category.
Tran Phong of Gia Lai Province is third in small black and white and fifth in digital.

The annual list is compiled by the PSA based on award-winning photos and photos chosen for exhibitions around the world.

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