Love for coconut land

More than 20 years of working as a service photographer is the same amount of years he has nurtured his passion for the art of light. Having tried many jobs to make a living: goldsmith, flower trader... he realized that photography is the most suitable and favorite profession for him. This is also the main job that helps him generate income, take care of his family, and send his children to school.

Author: TANG PHI TUAN

Some of Tang Phi Tuan's outstanding works: "VietGAP Green-Skin Grapefruit", First Prize in the 2012 Ben Tre Province News and Art Photo Contest; "Full of Love", Special Prize in the topic of Learning and Following the Moral Example of Ho Chi Minh; 3 times received the Encouragement Prize in the province; "Joy of Festivals", First Prize in the "Ben Tre Sea Tourism " Photo Contest in 2023; "Traditional Honey Harvesting" and "Straw Market", Encouragement Prize in the "Beauty of Farmers" Photo Contest in Ben Tre Province in 2024; "Tet Flower Care", Third Prize and "Mutated Peony", Encouragement Prize in the 1st Cho Lach District Photo Contest in 2025...

In 2005, with the dedicated guidance of Mr. Nguyen Hai, he made efforts to improve his knowledge of photography, accumulate experience, and with his talent for the profession, he was trusted and chosen by customers. In addition, many years of filming and taking wedding photos, being able to go to many places, observing, experiencing, and feeling the life around him, created abundant inspiration, helping him have a multi-dimensional view of everyday life, giving him many new topics in his compositions. Therefore, whenever he has time after his main job, he lives fully with his passion for artistic photography. He is Tang Phi Tuan, born in 1971, in Ben Tre province, a member of the Nguyen Dinh Chieu Literature and Arts Association.

His works are mostly about Ben Tre, with free themes, imbued with love for life and vivid perspectives on everyday life in all aspects of the coconut land: peaceful countryside corners with tall coconut trees reflecting their shadows, coconut fiber making, coconut rice processing for export, festivals, ornamental flower growing, orchard fruit growing, traditional honey collection, straw markets... Thereby practically honoring the beauty of farmers, promoting tourism, and strongly encouraging the movement to build new rural areas in the locality.

“During the process of composing, I am most satisfied with the work “Harvest Season”. This work won the Second Prize in the Photo Contest Responding to the First Vietnam Fruit Festival in Tien Giang Province, was exhibited in Ho Chi Minh City, the Mekong Delta region and won the C Prize of the National Literature and Arts Award in 2010. I plan to take more photos of coconut trees - the main potential of Ben Tre Province; at the same time, I also want to try more, have works oriented towards the sea and islands of the Fatherland”, Tang Phi Tuan shared.

Happy Holidays.

Tet flower care

Harvest season.

Garden tourism.

Mutant peony.

Traditional honey harvesting.

Tam Hao introduces

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