Photo festival features Mekong Delta
A photographic festival covering different aspects of life in the Mekong Delta is underway in the southernmost province of Ca Mau.
They include the first-prize colour “A dance to celebrate Cham Cultural Day” by Vo Trung Kien in An Giang province and the gold prize his black-and-white photo entitled “Competition” from Duong Van Nhi in Bac Lieu province.
On display for September 4-10 are 167 out of 2,419 colour and black-and-white photos sent by 385 artists from 13 cities and provinces in the region.
This year’s festival is the twenty-eighth of its kind, co-hosted by the Vietnam Association of Photographic Artists and the Literature and Art Association. The number of female artists accounts for nearly 10% of the participating artists.
The photographic festival will also take place in Dong Thap province later.