The Ho Chi Minh City Photographic Association (HOPA) has just opened the first art photography street with two topics of "The world through the lens of photography" and "The city I love".
This event takes place with the aim of celebrating the 40th founding anniversary of HOPA as well as promoting and introducing images of the country and people to locals and visitors to Ho Chi Minh City.
The first art photography street was kicked off with an exhibition featuring 176 works, including 116 award-winning photos at the first HOPA photo contest with the support of International Federation of Photographic Art (FIAP), Photographic Society of America (PSA), Image Sans Frontière (ISF) and Vietnam Association of Photographic Artists (VAPA); and 60 outstanding those selected from photography competitions in the city.
This event takes place with the aim of celebrating the 40th founding anniversary of HOPA as well as promoting and introducing images of the country and people to locals and visitors to Ho Chi Minh City.
The first art photography street was kicked off with an exhibition featuring 176 works, including 116 award-winning photos at the first HOPA photo contest with the support of International Federation of Photographic Art (FIAP), Photographic Society of America (PSA), Image Sans Frontière (ISF) and Vietnam Association of Photographic Artists (VAPA); and 60 outstanding those selected from photography competitions in the city.
By Kim Phuong & Quoc Thanh
The opening ceremony of the HCMC’s first art photography street.
Work “Keo luoi rung” (draging net) by Ngo Thi Thu Ba, Vietnam.
Work “The Dani” by Ngo Bach Thi To Anh, Vietnam.
Work “Spiralrun” of Marcel Van Balken, Netherlands.
Work ““Terraced Fied" by Shin Woo Ryu, South Korea.
Work “Statue” of Yuen Yam Au, Hong Kong.
Work “Thang hoa” (sublimating) of Nguyen Xuan Trang, Vietnam.
Work “Cold and Frozen” by Yichi Wang, China.
Work “Sugar Gallery” by Jozef Danyi- Czech Republic.
Work “Duyen dang Vietnam” (graceful Vietnam) by Nguyen Van Dong, Vietnam.
Work “Dien mat troi” (solar power) by Le Thanh Ngon, Vietnam.
Work “Red reading hat” by Marcel Van Balken, Netherlands.
The art photography street draws numerous visitors in Ho Chi Minh City.