Opening of the 20th North Central Province Art Photography Festival
(Baonghean.vn) -As part of the Hue Craft Village Festival 2013, on the morning of April 28, at the Ho Chi Minh Museum in Hue City, the 20th North Central Region Art Photography Festival opened. Attending were Mr. Ngo Hoa - Member of the Standing Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Thua Thien Hue Province; Artist Vu Quoc Khanh - Chairman of the Vietnam Association of Photographic Artists; Chairmen of the Literature and Art Associations; and photographers from 6 provinces in the North Central Region.
Delegates cut the ribbon to open the Festival
With the theme "Country - People of the North Central homeland today" prioritizing works photographing craft villages, this year's festival attracted 958 works by 160 authors in the region to compete. The works basically expressed rich and diverse content, closely following the prominent theme of the festival, and good performance techniques. The jury selected 150 representative works for the exhibition, including 11 award-winning works: 1 gold medal, 2 silver medals, 3 bronze medals and 5 consolation prizes. Two authors from Nghe An won the consolation prize (Tu Thanh, Tran To) and 22 works from Nghe An were selected for the exhibition.
Delegates view photo exhibition
The gold medal was awarded to the work "Begging Festival" by author Do Van Tri (Thua Thien Hue). The works "Old Friends" by Nguyen Xuan Quy (Thanh Hoa), "Youth Volunteers" by Nguyen Quang Thuyet (Thua Thien Hue) won silver medals. The delegations of Thua Thien Hue and Thanh Hoa were awarded team prizes.
At this festival, the jury selected 5 beautiful photos of traditional crafts to award equal prizes. Among them, the work: Duc Phong Craft Village of Xuan Nhuong Nghe An was awarded equal prize for beautiful photos of craft villages.
The work "Duc Phong Craft Village" by Xuan Nhuong
Colleagues gave flowers to congratulate author Xuan Nhuong
On this occasion, the Organizing Committee also awarded first, second and third prizes in the photo marathon contest launched during a one-day craft festival. The work Restoration by Le Tham (Thanh Hoa) won first prize.
After the opening ceremony of the festival, a workshop was held to evaluate the good and bad aspects of the festival. Photographer Ngoc Thai, chairman of the jury, commented: in general, the photos of the North Central region this year show clear progress, photographers are taking better and better photos, handling techniques more smoothly, the quality of content is rich and diverse, photographers are present everywhere, reflecting the breath of life of all classes of people... Besides, there are also many opinions that disagree with some of the award-winning and exhibition works, some works still have technical errors, are illogically patched together, and have stiff lines that are not worthy of representing the selected works but still stand in high positions. The jury has absorbed the opinions and learned from experience for the following festivals.
Sy Minh
