Fine Art nominee

I love the crisp, cold air, the uncomforting ambiance, and the meditative experience of simply listening to my breathing and my footsteps. Sometimes it’s impossible to fully enjoy this moment knowing that very real and depressingly common dangers lurk somewhere. This wet forest is open to anyone, it doesn’t mean it’s safely accessible to everyone.

As a ritual, after every storm, I come back to the forest to see if it has not suffered. The undergrowth after the rain gives me other colors. I want to blend in with the scenery, to hear what the trees tell each other. Behind the lens, I live a constantly renewed experience. It is also an occasion for meditation and asceticism and I forget what it is fear and danger.

I cloned myself in this image in order to soften the loneliness that I really felt during the setting-up.

Vietnamese born, I’m an amateur dedicated photographer.
Working for an international organization, I was lucky enough to travel and discover the beautiful planet we live on. As soon as the missions freed me, I devoted myself to photography.

Living in different cities, photography became for me a mode of expression. It helped me to enjoy the experience of changing environment. Something about new places nudged the visual side of me. Strange shadows, strong lines and unusual angles fuelled my inspiration. I understood that order and chaos can be supernatural. Mysterious artworks awake imagination.

I always thought of myself as a verbal person, expressing myself through words. So, it’s naturally that storytelling photography became my passion. It allows endless creativity. In my point of view, photographs are not just images. They are stories and emotions.