(VOV) -Tran Viet Van has become the first Vietnamese photographer who was shortlisted for the second annual London International Creative Competition (LICC) in professional photography category.
His five- photo series, entitled Greed, Hatred and Delusion, expressed the challenges that Buddhist monks have to overcome in their religious life.
The photos had been placed second in the fine arts category at the Moscow International Photo Awards 2014.
LICC was founded by Farmani Group in 2006. Among others, Farmani has founded many charities, businesses and arts organizations including The Lucie Awards and International Photography Awards. LICC was formed to provide an open platform and even playing field for all artists. The competition is open to artists from around the world and is judged solely on the artwork.
Born in 1971, Van graduated with a BA degree in culture from the Hanoi Cultural University in 1992. He currently works for the Lao Dong (Labour) newspaper. He has held nine solo exhibitions and many group exhibitions both at home and abroad, and published four books.
He also won a gold medal at the Prix de la Photographie, Paris (Px3) 2014 for a series of five photos featuring war soldiers.
Besides the gold medal in the Portraiture – Other – P category, Van’s set of photos entitled War Commander at Time of Peace also received a bronze medal in the Press – Other category. Both categories are meant for professional photographers.
This was the sixth consecutive year that Van has been honoured at the Px3 photography competition, one of the most important events in Europe and created by the founders of International Photography Awards in 2008.
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