Attending the workshop were Mr. Phan Thanh Hai, Director of the Department of Culture and Sports of Hue City; Ms. Tran Thi Thu Dong, Vice President of the Vietnam Union of Literature and Arts Associations, President of the Vietnam Association of Photographic Artists; Mr. Ho Sy Minh, Permanent Vice President of the Vietnam Association of Photographic Artists; Mr. Ho Dang Thanh Ngoc, President of the Hue City Union of Literature and Arts Associations, along with delegates, representatives of photography artists, cultural and historical researchers, representatives of the Dang clan of Thanh Luong village, the Board of Directors and students of Dang Huy Tru High School.

Workshop "Celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of cultural celebrity, founder of Vietnamese photography - Dang Huy Tru"

Up to now, there have been 3 conferences on the famous Dang Huy Tru held in Hue in December 1993, July 2000, and March 2018. This year, on the occasion of the 200th birthday of the famous Dang, the Hue City Union of Literature and Arts Associations in coordination with the Vietnam Association of Photographic Artists organized the conference "Celebrating the 200th birthday of the cultural celebrity, the founder of Vietnamese photography - Dang Huy Tru (May 16, 1825 - May 16, 2025)".

Many papers were submitted to this conference, divided into two main contents: Celebrity Dang Huy Tru - the values of the legacy left behind and the issue of continuing the tradition of Vietnamese photography.

Opening the workshop, journalist, researcher, and photographer Tran Manh Thuong spoke about the life and achievements of the famous Dang Huy Tru. This was followed by a speech by researcher Nguyen The, Chairman of the Hue City Folk Arts Association, about the talent of Mr. Tru and his literary works. Besides the issue of heritage, presentations from Master of Arts Tran Thi Thu Dong, Dr. Phan Thanh Hai, journalist - photographer Pham Tien Dung, photographer Pham Van Ty... raised issues about continuing the legacy of the cultural celebrity Dang Huy Tru; the importance and development direction of Hue photography, especially in the period when the city had just become a centrally-run city. As people working and studying at the school named after him, representatives of Dang Huy Tru High School also brought to the workshop a presentation on "Paying tribute, spreading and practicing the heritage values of the cultural celebrity Dang Huy Tru".

Students of Dang Huy Tru High School take souvenir photos with researchers and photography artists in Hue, Vietnam

After the presentations, the workshop concluded the following issues: Continue to study in depth the heritage values left by the cultural celebrity Dang Huy Tru, as a basis for systematically establishing a profile of the celebrity Dang Huy Tru for future work such as submitting to UNESCO for recognition as a world cultural celebrity. Continue to promote the achievements of Vietnamese photography in particular and photography of the Ancient Capital in general over the past 150 years, especially the achievements of half a century of revolutionary photography in Vietnam. The workshop also proposed that the Hue city government continue to pay attention to making the Dang Huy Tru Church relic an important cultural address of the whole country, building Hue into a photography city of Vietnam.

Pham Phuoc Chau

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