Nguyen Anh Mai
Based in Hanoi, Vietnam.
www.mainguyenanh.com
Mai Nguyen Anh is a Vietnamese visual artist whose work combines observational and poetic documentary elements, enriched by personal significance and social paradoxes. He developed his visual language through constant experiment with the medium’s foundation.
His interest in documentary photography led him to work in photojournalism while studying Economics at the University of Surrey in the United Kingdom, and he joined VnExpress Newspaper as a contract photographer in 2013. Nguyen Anh left VnExpress in 2015 and has since been freelancing for various news outlets as well as working on personal projects.
In 2016, he was awarded a scholarship to the International Center of Photography in New York, where he completed the Creative Practices Certificate.
His work has appeared in the Financial Times, Bloomberg, The Guardian, The Daily Mail, and many other publications. Nguyen Anh is the co-founder of Matca, an online photography community in Vietnam.
Nguyen Anh is the recipient of the Open Category award for the inaugural Objectifs Documentary Award in 2018.
Documentary Films
News Gathering
Interview
Photography
Fixing
Video Rushes
Current Affairs
Technology
Science & Environment
Arts & Books
Natural Disasters
Film & Theatre
Entertainment & Celebrity
Food & Drink
Music
War Reporter
Investigative Reporting
Social
Cultural
Breaking News
Fact Checking