The Sony World Photography Awards has just announced the list of national and regional award-winning works in 2024. Accordingly, the work "The highest mountain in the South, Vietnam" has successfully surpassed 415,000 entries from more than 74,000 photographers from more than 206 countries around the world to become the only representative of Vietnam on this list. Notably, the image of Ba Den Mountain is ranked at the highest position in the list, on the award website. The work will be exhibited at Somerset House, London, England this coming April.
National award-winning work by photographer Tran Tuan Viet
The work was taken by photographer Tran Tuan Viet at dawn in October 2023, at Ba Den Mountain, Tay Ninh. The photo captures the moment when the statue of Buddha Tay Bo Da Son appears and disappears in the clouds and early morning sunlight, in harmony with the beautiful natural picture of Ba Mountain, creating a magical scene.
Ba Den Mountain is known as the "Roof of the South", and is also a sacred place associated with the legend of Linh Son Thanh Mau, attracting millions of pilgrims and worshippers every year.
In particular, large-scale spiritual works 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 Mountain an endless source of inspiration for the photography community.
The Buddha statue of 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".
The author's black and white photo also won an honorable mention in the 2023 International Monochrome Photography Competition, Nature category for Professional Photographers.
The author shared that he still clearly remembers the feeling of sitting in the clouds, listening to the peaceful echoes of Buddhist music on the top of Ba Den Mountain. "Perhaps I have never composed in such a space, when the clouds covered the mountain, the view below was only a few meters, but with a flycam, I saw a very amazing scene when the Buddha statue appeared and disappeared in the clouds," he said.
The Sony World Photography Awards, organized by the World Photography Organization for 11 years now, are internationally recognized as one of the most important annual events in global photography.
The award is a global voice for photography, offering insights into contemporary photography. Whether you are a new photographer or an established artist, the award provides an opportunity to showcase your work to a wider audience.
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