With the truthful photographs, photographer Thiery Beyne has showed a different perspective on the contemporary life in Vietnam.
With the truthful photographs, photographer Thiery Beyne has showed a different perspective on the contemporary life in Vietnam.
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Culin’ Art photo exhibition which is taking place at InterContinental Nha Trang Hotel features 21 large-sized photos of French photographer Thiery Beyne. Coming from a developed country, Thiery Beyne has not sought for the ostentatiousness or the bustling life in the cities in Vietnam, but for the traditional features of an agricultural country instead.
Thiery Beyne has taken many photos bearing the typical characteristics of Vietnam, such as images of beehive stoves on the sidewalks, farmers pulling up rice seeds, women mending nets at the front door, etc. The viewers can see the beauty of simplicity shining through the photos of fishermen pulling boat fishing boat ashore with healthy posture, woman harvesting rice on the field with smile on her face, people carrying salt with bamboo shoulder poles, and so on.
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Thiery Beyne used to learn fine arts; therefore, he has always attached a special importance to the contrast in color. Watching the photo of the rural woman, the viewers can see the yellow of the ripening rice harmonizing with the blue of the sky effectively reflected the happiness of the farmers in the harvest time. The water surface of the salt field in the photo “mirror” became a mirror reflecting the images of people carrying salt.
Culin’Art is the second exhibition Thiery Beyne has organized in Nha Trang City after “Panoramic views of Vietnam” exhibition held in 2011. Through his photos, Thiery Beyne has offered a unique perspective on Vietnam. Unlike many photographers in Vietnam, Thiery Beyne has preferred capturing truthful and natural moments to using arrangement in his photos. For example, he took a photo of a woman sitting on the roadside peeling pineapple. In that photo, the woman’s face is not clearly seen; however, her coarse and squat fingers evoke the poverty and privation.
The moments captured in the photos of Thiery Beyne remind the viewers of people who are facing many financial difficulties and working very hard to earn the living. According to Thiery Beyne, the “rustic” images in his photos are the very cultural characteristics of Vietnam, which have made him to love Vietnam with a love that cannot be explained.
H.N
