I’m a photography enthusiast, and the landscapes in Northwest Vietnam seem incredible for capturing scenic views. Are there any specific spots that are particularly photogenic...
Young artist won many international awards with highland photos. After 6 years, photographer Nguyen Huu Thong won more than 40 national and international awards, impressing with the life photos and mountain portraits.
Photographer Nguyen Huu Thong (1987) started taking photos in 2012 but did not really engage in this art until 2015. His photography forte is his works of capturing the rhythm of life in the Northern mountains.
Let’s admire his beautiful photos about the life in the mountain of Vietnam.
The photo "Breakfast at the fair" taken in Dong Van, Ha Giang won a special prize at the Smithsonian American Magazine's Annual Photo Contest 2018.
In 2021, the photo ranked first in the Food category on the table on the Pink Lady Food Photography International Food Competition.
Ha Giang was the first place Mr. Thong worked, spent a lot of time shooting, so he had the most impressive photos. Since 2012, every time he goes to take pictures in Ha Giang is a different emotion, fascinated by the scenery of the seasons, people and cultural life, Mr. Thong also considers Ha Giang as his second hometown.
The photo "Plowing line on the fields" was taken in May 2012 in Xin Man district. Every afternoon, after work, he roams alone to explore the village, and the scene of a woman carrying a child while harrowing the field leaves a deep impression.
The work "Early Market" was taken in October 2015 with the image of H'Mong women leading cows to sell at Dong Van fair, Ha Giang.
“I think she had to get up very early to walk from the village and be at the market since early morning. When I arrived, I saw her standing at the edge of the market. There was one detail that made me regret that I couldn't capture in time. that's a lovely moment when both cows and their owners are sleepy," Thong shared.
In 2015, while wandering on Ma Pi Leng pass, he caught sight of a H'Mong woman carrying bundles of trees on her back with her face down, looking at the road, her feet still walking forward, behind are mountains. It was an emotional moment that suddenly appeared in front of his eyes, which Mr. Thong named "Mountain woman". The photo won the Consolation prize in the Tourism section of the 11th International Art Photo Contest in Vietnam in 2021 (VN21).
Up to 90% of the photos taken by photographer Nguyen Huu Thong are in the Northern mountain of Vietnam and most of the photography awards he won are also in this category. Among them is the picture "Harvesting bamboo" taken in 2020 in Lung Pan, Bao Lac, Cao Bang, which was exhibited at the Vietnam Art Photo Contest 2020.
During a snow photography hunting trip at Y Ty, Lao Cai in early 2021, he and his friends came up from Hanoi, but when they arrived, they saw only ice, each wind whistling cold enough to wear all the clothes but it was still cold at night. Two days later the weather was still the same, drizzle, cold wind, no snow, accompanied by a bit of disappointment. But the group still waited patiently until the next morning, when snowflakes began to fall to cover Nhiu Co San village. The picture above is called "White snow on the way back".
The photo "Up to the fields" was taken in Quan Ba, Ha Giang . It is a scene of a family working in the middle of the afternoon, a two-month-old baby lying in a towel tied to four tree branches on the ground, the family's meal is a pot of cold rice with some kind of sauerkraut, a The photo leaves a lot of emotions about mountain life.
Every year, people in Dong Van stone plateau lack water from October to March next year, each family has 1-2 people in charge of collecting water, most of which are women and children. Every day, they spend 2-4 hours just to collect water, and this greatly affects the children's time in class. This is also the context of the birth of the work "Season of Thirst Stone" taken by Mr. Thong in early 2021.
The work "Delicious food on the market day" was taken in October 2016 at Can Cau fair, Si Ma Cai, Lao Cai.
When coming to a new land, visitors should not miss the museums and markets, because that is where the history and culture of the land is kept. Every time he goes to the mountain, he also spends time to go to the market because it is not simply a place to buy and sell, but also a place for cultural exchange between ethnic communities.
( Photo: Nguyen Huu Thong)
