Photos of three Vietnamese authors in the top 15 most beautiful travel photos in the world, Open section of the Sony World Photography Awards 2022.
On March 15, the Organizing Committee of the Sony International Photo Contest 2022 announced 150 beautiful photos and winning photos of 10 different single photo categories under the Open Competition category, from travel, architecture, portraits to portraits. to the landscape, the rhythm of street life. This year’s Open category attracted more than 170,000 photos by about 100 photographers from all over the world, in which the travel photography category selected 15 excellent works.
The picture ” Bicycles and flowers ” taken in November 2021 on the ceramic street of Hanoi by Nguyen Phuc Thanh won the first prize in the National category (published in February) and continues to win the Travel Photo Award.
The work “Harvesting eagle grass” by author Nguyen Huu Binh entered the last round of the Travel photo section. He said he captured the moment when people transported and tied bundles of eagle grass to bring back to the field in December 2021 in My Hanh Bac commune, Duc Hoa District, Long An province.
“My Hanh Bac is an alkaline soil, so farmers can only grow fenugreek, which is used as a raw material in the production of straws to replace plastic straws to protect the environment. In the afternoon sunlight, with an overhead angle, the scene where the farmer pulls bundles of eagle grass across the green fields creates a natural but no less vivid picture,” Binh shared.
The work “Terrace fields in the pouring water season” by author Hong Nguyen, was taken in May 2021 in the terraced fields of Sang Ma Sao, Bat Xat, Lao Cai.
The Northwestern flood season usually lasts for two months, April and May. The fields can be transplanted early or late depending on the rainfall in each area. Sang Ma Sao terraced fields have slopes and winding terrain at an altitude of about 2,000 m. Visitors to Bat Xat can watch the pouring water season when going along the road Muong Hum – Sang Ma Sao – Den Sang – Y Ty and Thien Sinh valley.
Here are some other beautiful photos in the top 15 best photos of the Travel section.
At this moment elephants from a circus are bathed twice a week in a shallow river in Bangladesh by Sujon Adikary.
Colorful hot air balloons fly through the air during a three-day festival in Varanasi, India by author Darshan Ganapathy.
The painting “Colors of life” by Saravut Whanset (Thailand) captures a girl meticulously making handmade umbrellas at a traditional umbrella factory in Mandalay city, Myanmar.
Author François Philippe (France) photographed boats and part of the Dolomites reflected on the surface of Lago di Braies. This is one of the most beautiful lakes in Italy, with clear water. Visitors can trek through pine forests around the lake, relax at deserted beaches or climb mountains.
Author Claudia Magnani (Italy) captures a mountaineer climbing a waterfall, conquering an unspoiled canyon on the Portuguese island of Madeira
Located in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, Madeira is more than 400 km north of the Canary Islands and 563 km from Morocco. Visitors can get here by plane.
Mondala Pass is 5,363 above sea level and is the only road leading to the Kula Kangri mountains of the Himalayas. Author Yang Shu (China) said he was trekking up the mountain in extreme cold conditions in December 2021 to take this photo.
Windmill field on a headland jutting into the sea in Greece. Photo by Eduard Gutescu (Romania).
From 10 winning entries in 10 single photo categories, the final winner of the Open Competition will be selected for a prize of $5,000 and announced on April 12. The winning photos in the single photo category will be exhibited at Somerset House, London, the UK from April 13 to May 2.
(According to Worldphoto )