1st Place winner
Incense workers
DESCRIPTION
Vietnamese workers sits surrounded by thousands of incense sticks in Quang Phu Cau, a village in Hanoi, Vietnam, where the sticks have been traditionally made for hundreds of years. Incense plays an important role in the spiritual lives of Vietnamese people. People use incense in all worship activities. The bamboo bundles are arranged on the ground on sunny days so as to dry them. To make the incense sticks the bamboo is first split in two, cleaned and dusted and then a third of the stick is coloured red, purple or yellow. To dry them the sticks are laid out on the ground or road-side for about one day. After they have dried, the sticks are collected and put into bunches of about ten and these are fastened together. They are then sold around the provinces. AUTHOR
Azim Khan Ronnie was born in Dhaka and brought up in Bogura, Bangladesh. He has an utter passion for photography and photography has been his passion. As a photographer, his essential aim is to capture the moments of life and give them significance by making them static in time. He loves to travel and be in different places, meet new people, and enjoy the experience that photography offers, which is to capture Earth's beautiful and awe-inspiring moments. He also loves to experiment with his photography.He has taken part in many International Photography contests and till now he has won more than 400 international photography awards, including Grand prize winner from American Photography Open 2020, HIPA Merit Medal Award 2018, Andrei Stenin Press Photo Contest Winner 2019, Won Grand prize winner and Travel category winner in Better Photography Magazine Photo of the Year Award 2020, Photographer of the year from Shatto Gallery International Photography Awards, USA, Won Gold Award in the Mobile category and Excellence Award in the Open category from Smile World International Photography Award 2020, 1st place winner in "Drone Still Photography" Section from JDFF2020, Korea, SIENA International Photography Award 2019 & 2020, Runner Up winner of the Drone Photo Awards 2020 include 5 awards, Two awards from Drone photo contest 2019, Won 2nd Place in Event-Traditions and Cultures, Honorable Mention in People -Traditions / Culture, Honorable Mention in Special-Travel / Wanderlust, Honorable Mention in Event-Traditions and Cultures from International Photography Awards 2020-IPA. Asahi Shimbun award from Japan, Remarkable award from Urban Photo Awards 2020, Winner Agora images. 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize category winner from Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year Award 2020, 1st Place Winner in "Your Best Shot" Organized by Blank Wall Gallery, Greece, Honorable Mention winner in VIENNA International Photo Award 2020.
