Vietnamese photographer receives honorable mention in US contest
The photo “Lunch”, depicting a tray of monks’ lunch dishes at a pagoda in Aptapeu, Laos, earned Lao dong (Labour) newspaper photojournalist Tran Viet Van Honourable Mention at the Master Cup’s International Color Awards – Los Angeles.
The photo of Viet Van (Source: smithsonianmag.com)
Hanoi (VNA) – The photo “Lunch”, depicting a tray of monks’ lunchdishes at a pagoda in Aptapeu, Laos, earned Lao dong (Labour) newspaperphotojournalist Tran Viet Van Honourable Mention at the Master Cup’sInternational Color Awards – Los Angeles.
Van was the only Vietnamese photographer to be recognised in this contest.
In previous years he won first prize twice, in the food category and the peoplecategory.
The contest was appraised by 30 world leading photography experts fromSotheby’s (Paris, France), Christie’s (New York, the US), Grey Group (Tokyo,Japan), ING Collection (the Netherlands), Contemporary Art Society and V&AMuseum Eyestorm (London, the UK) and CNN Digital (New York).
Viet Van has won 60 international prizes throughout his career, including eightfirst prizes in France, the UK, the US and Australia.
He was the onlyVietnamese national honoured at the Pollux Annual Award under the UK-basedWorldwide Photography Gala Awards on four separate occasions.
In addition to these titles, he won the "Prix de la Photographie,Paris" award in France for six consecutive years from 2010 to 2016.-VNA
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The photo of Viet Van (Source: smithsonianmag.com) 
