Viet Ha Tran - The Holy Temple V

From the series "The Golden Imprint" (2015).

Photo size: 30 x 45 cm including a small border all around.

Vietnamese woman in the imperial-inspired traditional dress with a modern touch. This photograph is from the series "The Golden Imprint" (2015) that was featured on Vietnam Television. The dress was inspired by the phoenix and motifs on ancient Dong Son bronze drums of Vietnam and therefore painted most charmingly pictures of Vietnamese tradition and art. The golden color is very symbolic of power and royalty in the Vietnamese culture, in the past, up to the XX century, only the emperors and their families were allowed to wear them.

Published on PhotoVogue of Vogue Italia, Hedonist Magazine London, Solis Magazine New York, Singulart Magazine Paris, art publications by art critics, over 20 Vietnamese fashion and lifestyle magazines, amongst others.

The photo is printed on Canson Aquarelle Rag paper, a premium quality fine art paper which delivers accurate and vibrant colors in print as you see onscreen and also gives a touch of classic painting to the photo.

Comes with signed & numbered Certificate of Authenticity. Also artist signature at the back of the photo.

The package will be sent in a carton tube by UPS.

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ART CRITIC:

Through her series “The Golden Imprint”, Viet Ha Tran allows us to see the spectacular details, ‘the scenes’ are rich in colors and baroque architectural details.

There is a deeper meaning going beyond the view of extremely elegant, unearthly beautiful women, goddesses standing still in the temple, that have the power to make time stand still. Their faces and body carry deep, transcendent emotions, erotic sadness, contemplation on something ‘higher’ than ‘here’ and ‘now’.”

The golden imprint on the beautiful dress on the photography by Viet Ha Tran will offer you more (apart from the obvious, aesthetic delight) if you look at it with certain knowledge of Vietnamese tradition, history, maturity, curiosity and sensitivity.

(Excerpt from "The Secret of Art found in The Golden Imprint of an oriental dress", written by Anna K.S. from Big Art Theory)

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THE ARTIST:

Viet Ha Tran | Contemporary Artist | Madrid, Spain
Art book author | Photo contest jury | Artist mentor

Member of the Board of Directors,
The Royal Photographic Society of Spain

Viet Ha Tran is a Vietnam born fine art photographer and contemporary artist whose unique art has earned her commissions from globally renowned entities such as Amazon USA, Louis Vuitton France, and Vogue Italy. Her work has appeared in over a hundred newspapers and magazines worldwide, including prestigious publications like Spanish national news Expansión, El Economista and El Adelantado, Vogue, Vanity Fair France, The Times of India and Vietnam News.

At present, she is a Board Member at The Royal Photographic Society of Spain, becoming the first foreigner to ever occupy such a position in the Society's 125 years of history. Before that, she served as a Jury member at IE Foundation Prizes in the Humanities at IE University (Spain) from 2016 to 2020. Her expertise also extended to the roles of Exhibition Manager and Curator, where she organized and curated on-campus exhibitions. In 2023, Viet Ha became an art writer for IE Insight, the knowledge hub of IE and she co-authored the book "Ideas to shape the future" with her analytical article "The future of creating, collecting and curating visual arts".

Over the years Viet Ha has given lectures and talks on art and the art market at conferences such as at The Royal Photographic Society, IE University and The Art Market Agency, further establishing her as a versatile professional in the art world. Singulart Magazine featured her in the "15 women in the art world to follow" list.

Viet Ha Tran was nominated "200 Influential Vietnam Global Leaders" in 2019 by the Vietnam Embassy in Spain and Vietnam Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

In 2024, her debut art photo book "Like a Painting: Through the Eyes of the Soul" was published by Snap Collective, Denmark, which is available for viewing at the Royal Danish Library (Copenhagen).