Veterans

• Prize
• Photographer
  Viet Van Tran, Viet Nam
• Studio
  Lao Dong Newspaper
• Socials

The historical day 30.4.1975 when the country was absolutely united,
I was only 4 years old and had no notetion of war, although my
parents still remembered exactly evacuated days when American
empire raided Ha Noi Capital – Vietnam in December 1972.
Grown up, I took notice that every occasion of memory the great
national holidays I was met again legendary generals through books,
newspapers, TV, listened them telling again their battle reminicences
.
And I’m curious to discover about their life at time of peace.
How is general’s retirement life ? How are their relationships with
family, friends and former teammates? Aftershocks war affect their
current life like?
They are concerned about the hot issues of the country does not?
Project of photography “War commander at peacetime” is come out
by that ideas. Choice is very difficult because how to choose the
typical war commanders who contributed great in battle , and
represented for many different arms . Next, to persuade generals so
that they agreed to take a photo is very difficult because they wouldn’t
like to appear in front of public in normal life , avoiding unnecessary
“criticism”. And the more exposure to the war commanders, the more
I want to go deeper into their inner life, the secrets they keep ... How
do they face to their disease, with death imminent.? Are there
similarities between the image of a hero on the battlefield and 80-
year-old old man is lying to face a wall in the storm sick? My series
“Veterans” is a part of “War commander at peace time” with images
of five generals: Nguyễn Quốc Thước, Nguyễn Văn Tình, Nguyễn
Hồng Nhị, Nguyễn Đức Huy, Đỗ Văn Phúc.

• Biography
  Cultural Bachelor degree in 1996. Trained by famous photographer as James Natchwey, Gary Knight, Tim Page, Steve Northup, Gaby Sommer…in workshop of IMMF (Indochinal Memory Media Found). Currenly work as special reporter for Lao Động newspaper (one of the biggest newspapers in Viet Nam). 10 solo exhibions and over 30 group exhibitions (USA, UK, France, Italia, Grecee,Spain, Urugoay, Argentina, Singapore, Rumania,Thailand…), 6 books released. Refrence at: http://actuphoto.com/27309-le-photographe-viet-van-tran-raconte-son-art-au-vietnam.html
• Awards
  Cultural Bachelor degree in 1996. Trained by famous photographer as James Natchwey, Gary Knight, Tim Page, Steve Northup, Gaby Sommer…in workshop of IMMF (Indochinal Memory Media Found). Currenly work as special reporter for Lao Động newspaper (one of the biggest newspapers in Viet Nam). 10 solo exhibions and over 30 group exhibitions (USA, UK, France, Italia, Grecee,Spain, Urugoay, Argentina, Singapore, Rumania,Thailand…), 6 books released. As the first and only Vietnamese photographer won Px3 (France, 8 consecutive years), Pollux Awards (UK-4 years), Photoannual Awards (Czech, 3 consecutive years), Photo Master Cup (US- 5 years), MIFA (Rusian, 5 years ), Art of Photography Show (US), TIFA (Japan), Honorable Mention of IPA (US, 9 years), Shorlist London international creative competion (LICC- 5 years), finalist of Donkey Art Prize (Italia)… Many pictures were published in Wink Magazine, Lenscratch, Silveshotz (Australia), FStop Magazine, Camera Obscura, Journal (US), Art Photo Magazine (Czech), Dodho Magazine (Spain), 43mm Magazine,Eros Magazine (New Zealnd), Privatephotoreview.com (France), Blur Magazine (Croatia)… Being jury of many national photo contests and cinema contests. Featured in over 300 Vietnamese newspaper articles and the object of many interviews on Vietnamese cultural and arts programmes on Vietnamese television. Refrence at: http://actuphoto.com/27309-le-photographe-viet-van-tran-raconte-son-art-au-vietnam.html