International Photography Festival to be first held in HCMC

Representative of the organizing board introduces the first International Photography Festival 2022

The highlight of the event will be an international photography fair held at the Ho Chi Minh City Youth’s Cultural House, with this being a platform to showcase an array of award-wining pieces of work from photo contests around the globe.

In addition, a range of equipment and new technology used in photography will be displayed, while activities of photography clubs from across the country will be introduced at the event.

During the festival, a seminar on contemporary photography, exchanges between Vietnamese and foreign artists, as well as a photo marathon and photo tour contests will also take place.

Furthermore, an award ceremony of the second international photo contest organized by the HCM City Photography Association under the sponsorship of the International Federation of Photographic Art (FIAP), the Photographic Society of America (PSA), Image Sans Frontiere (ISF), and the Vietnam Association of Photographic Artists (VAPA) is scheduled to take place on November 30.

This year’s contest has attracted 5,834 entries by 534 photographers from 36 countries and territories globally./.