Amateur Vietnamese photographer wins int’l award

05:03, 22/03/2013

Nguyen Hoang Hiep, a Vietnamese amateur photographer, has been recognised in the 2013 Sony World Photography open competition.

Nguyen Hoang Hiep, a Vietnamese amateur photographer, has been recognised in the 2013 Sony World Photography open competition.

The jury board will select the Photographer of the Year from Hiep and nine other eligible awardees at the end of next month. The Photographer of the Year will win a cash prize worth US$5,000.

 

Hiep’s submission won the Enhanced category. The other nine categories comprised architecture, art and culture, low-light, life and wildlife, panoramas, people, smiles, travel, and split second.

A London exhibition will display all the awarded photos from April 24 to May 12.

The contest received nearly 55,000 entries from photographers based in many of the world’s countries and territories.

(Source: VOV)