Vietnamese photographer wins big in the 15th Epson Pano International Photo Contest 2024

(NADS) - With a photo of Sa Dec flower garden in Dong Thap, author Nguyen Tan Tuan won the Second Prize in the 2024 Epson Pano International Photo Contest and ranked first in both the Open Environment category and the Epson Digital Art Award.

The Epson International Pano Awards, organized by Epson, is a worldwide competition dedicated to panoramic photography. This year, the prize money has been increased to $50,000 – including $15,000 in cash.

The contest received 4,529 entries from 1,105 professional and amateur photographers from 95 countries around the world. Most notably, the number of entries from Southeast Asian countries increased by 70%, including Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines.

Work: The Power of Nature - Author: Kelvin Yuen (Hong Kong)

This year, Hong Kong photographer Kelvin Yuen won the competition with his works "Power of Nature", "Wild" and "Sacred Mountain". Notably, the work "Power of Nature" also won the Second Prize overall and won the highest position in the Nature/Landscape category.

Work: Wilderness - Author: Kelvin Yuen (Hong Kong)

Work: Mountain of Divinity - Author: Kelvin Yuen (Hong Kong)

Also holding the second place in the overall contest, the photo "Chrysanthemum season" taken at Sa Dec flower garden in Dong Thap by Vietnamese author Nguyen Tan Tuan was also highly appreciated. Accordingly, this work also ranked first in both the Open Environment category and the Epson Digital Art Award.

Work: Chrysanthemum Season - Author: Nguyen Tan Tuan (Vietnam)

Anh Tuan shared: "I really like taking photos of landscapes and traditional craft villages in my hometown, especially the yellow chrysanthemum growing village in Sa Dec, Dong Thap, Vietnam, where farmers rely on nature and natural terrain to choose the right way to grow flowers.

Sa Dec is a land formed on the branches of the Mekong River (one side is the Tien River, the other side is the Sa Dec River). These two branches of the river are alluvial, have good humidity but also often face floods and high tides, so farmers here build high trellises to grow flowers to avoid flooding, take advantage of the water source below to water the plants, limit pests and diseases as well as use boats to transport plants during the harvest season. The last month of the lunar year is the harvest season. When coming here, visitors will be attracted by the sight of endless rows of yellow flowers. Therefore, every year during the harvest season, I often come here to admire and take pictures of this impressive beauty. Using Flycam, I recorded pictures of the craft village here, the scene of people farming and harvesting by boat next to the beautiful flower trellis."

In addition, this year's Competition also announced a new award, the Pano Southeast Asia Award. The first winner of this new award is author Fikri Muharom from Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia with the work "Volcano Theater".