honorable mention
Viet Van Tran viet nam
title
The journey
The fight with oneself to give up the ego is the most difficult.
The truth is that the obstacles that monks have to overcome are also the challenges that ordinary people have to face to have a happy life.
I collaged the images that I take at different times to create a new image. The original images are portraits of very open minded monks that I have recommended and was allowed to take and disseminate even in any format. However, out of respect for them, I still made an unclear face.
The series was implemented in 2020, is a different directional development of the documentary photo project "Dharma and Life" that I have been working on for many years.
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entry description
This conceptual series express the journey of monk go to Nirvana.Greed, Hatred and Delusion are major obstacles, which all monks have to overcome on their way to become Bodhisattva. There are the smallest subtle manifestations of greed, hatred, and delusion, which is very difficult to identify. Sometimes being too absorbed in the philosophy of Buddhism is a trap.The fight with oneself to give up the ego is the most difficult.
The truth is that the obstacles that monks have to overcome are also the challenges that ordinary people have to face to have a happy life.
I collaged the images that I take at different times to create a new image. The original images are portraits of very open minded monks that I have recommended and was allowed to take and disseminate even in any format. However, out of respect for them, I still made an unclear face.
The series was implemented in 2020, is a different directional development of the documentary photo project "Dharma and Life" that I have been working on for many years.
about the photographer
I was born in 1971, in Hanoi which is the capital of Viet Nam and received a Cultural Bachelor degree from Hanoi Cultural University in 1996. Upon graduating I began a career in journalism. Most recently, I am a special reporter for Lao Dong Newspaper-one of the largest newspaper in Vietnam.back to gallery