Viet Ha Tran - The Red Golden Imprint

Fine art photography 2015, no AI.

This photograph is part of my photo book "Like a Painting: Through the Eyes of the Soul" published in 2024 by Snap Collective Denmark, available for viewing at the Royal Danish Library in Copenhagen.

Vietnamese woman in the Vietnam's imperial-inspired traditional dress with typical imperial designs. The prominent design of the dress is two dragons, the dragon is the symbol of the Emperor, power and strength in the Vietnamese culture, during those imperial dynasties, only Emperors are allowed to wear clothes with the dragon symbol. Red and gold are also symbolic colors of the Emperor.

The photograph is printed on fine art paper Hahnemuhle Fine Art Baryta 325 gsm with a matte glossy texture.


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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).

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:

Temple of Literature, Vietnam (2025)
Aesthetica Art Prize Exhibition, York Art Gallery, UK (2025)
Botanical Brushtrokes, ArtRewards, Oslo (2025)
Visual Narratives: A Photography Collection, ArtRewards, Oslo (2025)
Nicolás Salmerón Cultural Center (Spain, 2024)
The Other Art Fair New York (2024)
Royal Scottish Academy of Art and Architecture (2023)
Cynthia Corbett Gallery, London (2024)
The Glasgow Gallery of Photography (2023, 2024)
Nifty Gateway x A+D Studio (2023)
SuperRare x Saatchi Art, Los Angeles (2023)
Aesthetica Art Prize Exhibition, York Art Gallery, UK (2023)
Young Masters Art Prize Exhibition, Cynthia Corbett Gallery, London (2023)
NowHere Gallery, New York (2022),
Arte in Salotto (Milan, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
Railway Museum of Madrid (2022)
Galería Espai Cavallers (Spain, 2022)
Ducal Palace of Medinaceli (Spain, 2021)
Barnard Gallery (Cape Town, 2020)