(NADS) - At the age of 20, he went to Saigon to find a way to make a living. He studied photography and became one of seven people who campaigned to establish the "Vietnam Cinema Association" in 1937-1938. He attracted the support of many famous artists at that time such as Nam Phi, Phung Ha, Ai Lien, Nam Chau, but the plan failed. He had to work as a photographer on the Aramis ship running from Marseille to Co-be, but then he returned to his homeland.
The August Revolution of 1945 changed his life. He spoke about his artistic life simply: “I am fortunate to be a witness to history.”
In the historic autumn of 1945, after the day Uncle Ho read the Declaration of Independence, thirty-two photo studio owners in Hanoi at that time met and sent six highly skilled and enthusiastic revolutionaries to the Presidential Palace to take photos of Uncle Ho to promote to the whole country. That was also the first time Vu Nang An met Uncle Ho and the photo he took of him was circulated throughout the country.
From a photographer who loved his homeland, Vu Nang An became a soldier with a camera in hand. From 1947 until the end of the resistance war against France, Vu Nang An was in charge of the Photography Department at the Office of the General Command and the Propaganda Department of the General Political Department. During this time, he took the famous photo: "Uncle Ho at the Dong Khe front" (1950). At that time, Vu Nang An was assigned to be the photographer of the Border Campaign Command in 1950. The photo was taken at the Observation Station of the Border Campaign. Uncle Ho used a telescope to observe the stronghold. Vu Nang An took two photos with a Rolleiflex camera using large film (6x6)cm while leaning against the cliff to admire Uncle Ho's image. These are vivid and realistic images that are both reportage and aesthetic. Associated with the famous name of an outstanding revolutionary, the photo will forever go down in revolutionary history and world history. The photo won the Ho Chi Minh Prize in 1996. In 1959, Vu Nang An scored another success with a photo of Uncle Ho at Ixucun Lake in the Republic of Kazakhstan. The new beauty of Uncle Ho in the photo was recognized as an innovation in photographing leaders.
In addition to the successful photo series on the subject of Uncle Ho, Vu Nang An also has photos that have gone down in the history of photography and the history of the Vietnamese revolution such as "Capture of the Imperial Envoy's Palace", "General Uprising Rally at the Opera House Square on August 19, 1945", "The Provisional Government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam Presented to the People", "The National Assembly Meeting for the First Time",... His photo series on the August Revolution in 1945 is rich in subject matter and has high quality of expression. The photos of the period of resistance against the French, the photos of our delegation attending the Geneva International Conference signing the agreement to end the war and restore peace in Indochina in 1954 are valuable historical documents about an important historical period.
From the end of 1954, Vu Nang An switched to cinema. He followed the foreign film crew of director Ro Manh Cac Men to make the film "Vietnam on the road to victory". After finishing this film, Vu Nang An went to help with the film "Vietnamese Bamboo Tree", a film directed by Polish female director Helena Lemanxca. He went to the Soviet Union to practice management at the Mosfilm studio. In 1960, he was the director of the film "Fire in the Middle Line". He was then appointed Deputy Director of the Vietnam Feature Film Studio. During this time, he brought two feature films "Sea of Fire" and "Rising Wind" to the Film Festival in Karlovy Vary (formerly Czechoslovakia).
From 1972 to 1979, he was the Director of the Vietnam Feature Film Studio. What he was most proud of was the approval of the 1975 emergency plan including scripts and documentaries contributing to the history of the liberation of the South, tens of thousands of meters of negative film with documentary and historical characteristics were made into five films. Those films were by many different authors, marking a historical period.
He is a representative face of Vietnamese photography and cinema. He is also a model of integrity and devotion to the common cause of artists.
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