Recently, the Sony World Photography Awards announced the list of national and regional award-winning works in 2024. Among them, surpassing 415,000 entries from more than 74,000 photographers from more than 206 countries and territories worldwide, the work "The highest mountain peak in Southern Vietnam", capturing the statue of Buddha Tay Bo Da Son among the clouds on Ba Den peak, has become the representative of Vietnam to be included in the list. Not only that, the photo is also ranked at the highest position in the list, on the official website of the award.
Award-winning work titled "The Highest Mountain in Southern Vietnam"
The beauty of Ba Den Mountain has "caused a fever" in the international media, when a series of famous newspapers and magazines with a large readership worldwide such as Daily Mail , The Mirror , Daily Record , Euronews, The Times ... simultaneously praised and ranked the photo in the first position in the list of award-winning works.
"Spectacular" is what Daily Mail writer Laura Sharman gave to the photo. "The 986m-high, inverted bowl-shaped mountain is the highest peak in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam," Laura described. Meanwhile, the British newspaper The Times was extremely impressed with the highlight of the work. That is the image of the tallest bronze Buddha statue in Asia located on the top of the mountain appearing in the sea of clouds.
The work was taken by photographer Tran Tuan Viet at dawn in October 2023 at Ba Den Mountain, Tay Ninh. The moment the statue of Buddha Tay Bo Da Son appears and disappears in the clouds at dawn, the thick layer of clouds covers the mountain top, creating a harmonious and magical whole, making anyone impressed from the first time they see the work. The statue of Buddha Tay Bo Da Son in the work is 72m high, cast from more than 170 tons of red copper, setting the record for "The tallest bronze Buddha statue in Asia located on the top of a mountain".
Ba Den Mountain is known as the "Roof of the South", which is also the name that Tran Tuan Viet gave to his work. This is a sacred acupuncture point associated with the legend of Linh Son Thanh Mau, attracting millions of tourists to worship and make pilgrimages every year. In recent years, Ba Den Mountain has been affirming its position as the leading spiritual destination in the South and the whole country, with a modern cable car line and a majestic spiritual complex connecting the source of spiritual energy with Ba Pagoda on the mountainside.
The newly launched Maitreya Bodhisattva statue is made from 6,688 sandstone blocks, adding endless new inspiration for the photography community about Ba Den Mountain.
In particular, spiritual works with international scale and quality such as the statue of Buddha Tay Bo Da Son and the statue of Bodhisattva Maitreya created from 6,688 sandstones are increasingly enhancing the sacred beauty and rich nature of the land, contributing to making Ba Den Mountain an endless source of inspiration for the photography community.
The Sony World Photography Awards, organized by the World Photography Organization for 11 years now, are internationally recognized as one of the most important events in the global photography world every year, attracting international media attention every time they are announced.
The author's black and white photo also won the Honorable Mention Award of the 2023 International Monochrome Photography Competition, category "Nature for Professional Photographers"
This award contributes to the global voice of photography, brings insights into contemporary photography, and is an opportunity to widely introduce beautiful images of countries to friends around the world. Along with other works, "The highest mountain in Southern Vietnam" will be exhibited at Somerset House, London, England this coming April.
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