A new gallery by French photographer will be open on June in Vietnam
The new photo gallery of Couleurs d’Asie by Réhahn – Saigon, by Hoi An-based photographer Réhahn will be open in HCM City on June 1.
Réhahn’s famous photo, titled “Best Friends”.
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The space is divided into two rooms. The first offers a special focus on photographs from Viet Nam, while the second presents the other countries and his “Limited Edition” Fine Art photography, which sells for upwards of US$2,000 per photo.
A recent patron purchased his famous “Best Friends” photo for $16,000, making it the most expensive Fine Art photo ever sold in Viet Nam (Forbes, January 2017). Only three Fine Art prints of “Best Friends” were produced in 100x150cm format and they now hang in private collections in Viet Nam, Belgium, and France.
Notably, the gallery will also display, for the first time in Viet Nam, a broad collection of his pictures from Cuba. Réhahn has a special relationship with the island and has visited it 12 times over the past 10 years. His work is featured in the Asian House Museum in Havana, Cuba.
French photographer Réhahn Croquevielle fell in love with the people of Vietnam during a mission trip there in 2007. Four years later, he moved from France to the town of Hoi An. Although Hoi An is Réhahn's base, he spends much of his time motorbiking across remote parts of the country and taking photos of landscapes and locals.
Réhahn has made trips to many different areas to capture the beauty of Vietnam in his photos and says the Vietnamese people are always friendly and hospitable. Réhahn strives to capture his subjects in their most “natural and random moments”, so that viewers can imagine the story behind that person. In 9 years of travelling across remote parts of Vietnam by motorbike, Réhahn has taken nearly 50,000 photos. He published 150 of the best photos in his photo book “Vietnam-Mosaic of Contrasts”.
Réhahn says what impresses him most about Vietnam is its cultural diversity. Vietnam is a picture its contrasts, with 54 ethnic minority groups, each with its own culture. Croquevielle says that despite rapid changes, Vietnam has preserved its traditional cultural values.
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