The Journey

• Photographer
  Viet Van Tran
• Agency / Studio
  Lao Dong Newspaper
• Photo Date
  2020

This conceptual series express the journey of monk go to Nirvana. Greed, Hatred and Delusion are major obstacles, which all monks have to overcome on their way to become Bodhisattva. There are the smallest subtle manifestations of greed, hatred, and delusion,which is very difficult to identify. Sometimes being too absorbed in the philosophy of Buddhism is a trap. The fight with oneself to give up the ego is the most difficult. The truth is that the obstacles that monks have to overcome are also the challenges that ordinary people have to face to have a happy life.

• 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 ??ng 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…),
• Awards
  7 books released. 2018: Vietnamese cinema: rivers flow 2017: “Photography and Creation”- (Essay). 2016: “My mother”- Photo book. 2007: “Speak myself to escape from the lonely” (interview and essay) “Dharma and Life” (Photo book) 2006:”Vietnam photographs- Discover and Integration” (essay) 2005: “The meeting at the afternoon Saturday” (essay) Won about 70 prizes. As the first and only Vietnamese photographer won Px3 (France, 9 consecutive years), Photo Master Cup (US- 5 years), MIFA (Rusian, 5 years ), Pollux Awards (UK-4 years), Photoannual Awards (Czech, 3 consecutive years), Urban Photo Awwards (Italia, 2 consecutive 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), Sieana (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), Getinspired Magazine (Netherlands), 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. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A444ncwEGMU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMfAug6fe8s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFngymD--MQ .....