Trần Tuấn Việt

Trần Tuấn Việt (born 1983) is a Vietnamese photographer, known as "the man who brings Vietnam's images to the world". He is a contributing photographer for National Geographic and Google Arts & Culture, an online art and culture platform run by Google.

Life and career
Trần Tuấn Việt was born in Vinh, Nghe An Province, in 1983. From 1998 to 2001, he studied at Vinh University's High School for the Gifted. He moved to Hanoi in 2001 and studied architecture at the Hanoi University of Civil Engineering from 2001 to 2006. In 2007, Viet started his career as a freelance photographer.

In 2015, he joined the photography community of the National Geographic Society, one of the largest photography communities in the world, and was recognized as the most successful Vietnamese photographer in this community. On September 2019, he became a contributing photographer of National Geographic's photo community, when this community shifted its focus to Instagram. He has contributed numerous photographs of Vietnam that have been featured across various platforms of National Geographic, including magazine, book, and almanac.

In 2016, Trần Tuấn Việt became a photographer for Getty Images and a member of Vietnam Association of Photographic Artists. In 2019, he joined the project "Wonders of Vietnam" by Google in collaboration with the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism, published on Google Arts & Culture.

Trần Tuấn Việt holds the role of judge for many major art competitions in Vietnam and globally.

Awards

 * 2017 The 9th International Artistic photo contest in Vietnam Gold medal
 * 2017 Vietnam's Excellence Photography of the Year award
 * 2018 The 15th Annual Smithsonian Photo Contest
 * 2019 Environmental Photographer of the Year
 * 2019 Travel Photographer of the Year
 * 2020 World's Best Photo of Fun by Agora
 * 2020 World's Best Photo of Architecture by Agora
 * 2020 World's Best Photo of Eyes 2020 by Agora
 * 2021 The 18th Smithsonian Annual photo contest
 * 2021 Travel Photographer of the Year
 * 2021 CIWEM Environmental Photographer of the Year
 * 2022 Monochrome Photography Award
 * 2022 The Epson International Pano Awards
 * 2022 Minimalist Photography Awards

Exhibitions

 * 2016 Hanoi's art photo exhibition in Hanoi, Vietnam
 * 2017 VN-17 in Hanoi, Vietnam
 * 2018 Session "Learning about Vietnam" of Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Vietnam) in Hanoi, Vietnam
 * 2018 Youth Photography Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (Vietnam) in Hanoi, Vietnam
 * 2019 VN-19 in Hanoi, Vietnam
 * 2020 Travel Photographers of the Year, London, United Kingdom
 * 2020 World Water Day, Italy
 * 2021 "Vietnam", Xposure International Photography Festival, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
 * 2021 "Wonders of Vietnam", Google Arts & Culture
 * 2023 VN-23 by Vietnam Association of Photographic Artists, Hanoi, Vietnam