(HBO) - Every year, the province’s photographers have brought their art works to the photo contest of 15 northern mountainous provinces. Since 1998, as many as 1,800 works by local photographers have been sent to the contest. The works mainly feature the culture, customs, practices and landscapes of the Muong land. For photo contests in the province, local artists often participate irregularly, because there are few photo contest in the locality. From 1998 to 2018, only six contests were organized. However, the contests gathered many high-quality photos.

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The photo "Hat thuong rang, bo meng” by a member of the provincial photography association.

 

The provincial photography association has 18 members, most of who are retirees or are working in Hoa Binh city. To prepare for the contests, the association’s members often go in groups to mountainous and remote areas of the locality, so as to capture moments of the life there.

The photographers travel to Muong Bi, Muong Thang and Muong Vang to capture images of the yellow carpet of ripe rice on terraced rice fields, hills covered by ripe Cao Phong orange and Tan Lac pomelo.

 They also cross Thung Khe to visit Van, Lac and Pa Co villages in the faraway Mai Chau district, where they can take photos of idyllic landscapes with vast forest, and Tu, Lao and Dong Bang waterfalls.   

 In the last three years, the provincial literature and arts association has no funds to open creative camps for members of the provincial photography association, but with their own effortsand passion for capturing the beauty of nature and human life in villages and hamlets, localartists have taken many beautiful photos, which wonmany awards in regional contests. 

Hoa Binh’s unique culture of various ethnic minority groups has created inspiration for local photographers. From 2016 - 2018, Hoa Binh photographers sent 310 art works to the photo contest for artists from 15 provinces of the Northern mountainous region. Two of those won silver prizes, and five other photos were presented Consolation prizes, while a total of 32 were selected for exhibitions./.

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