Fine art photos in Vietnam and prints for collectors

Boutique - Fine art photos for sale in Saigon, Ho Chi Minh City -Vietnam

The boutique shop is our best selection to buy colors and black and white photos. Printed in limited edition they are for sale as gifts and valuable souvenirs. With our fine art photo prints, you can start to your art collection now!

    • Fine art photo print Vietnam in Black and White
      "Doi Moi" Road Dust
      $150.00
    • Fine art photo print Narrative Fictions
      Manga Power Ranger
      $250.00$500.00
    • Opium - Fleurs
      $250.00$500.00
    • Fine art photo print Vietnam Architecture
      Colonial Arroyo - Cholon
      $150.00$350.00

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Antique and vintage photos

We are deeply committed to present the history of Vietnamese photography through original documents. These photographs are contextualized within their historical and social framework. Read all archives and browse all photos.

Exhibition Art Space in Ho Chi minh City, Vietnam

The Gallery is focusing for exhibitions on specific types of Photography : conceptual, documentary, identity subjects.

 Fictional narratives based on still images are also available

ChoLon, Dreams Factories of Saigon

The historical aftermath of the Qing Dynasty’s overthrow of the Ming Dynasty in 17th-century China led to Ming loyalists seeking refuge in Southeast Asia. In Vietnam, these Chinese immigrants played a pioneering role during the “March to the South.” They settled in Bien Hoa. By the late 18th century, to escape the massacres perpetrated by Tay-son troops, the community regrouped in the present-day location of Cholon, situated 11 kilometers away from the center of Saigon,

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On the beginning of rice trade in Cholon with photographer Nadal during Indochina

Fernand Nadal, born in Algeria, arrived in Saigon in the 1920s. His first advertisement in the magazine Indochine française (1922) described his activities as follows: “Art Photographie—Photography for business” and “Publishing: postcards, photo albums, and documentaries on Cochinchina, Cambodia, and Annam.”

Unlike other studios that focused primarily on portraits, Nadal’s work provided a documentary perspective of that era. He published over 2000 photos, with notable albums including:

  • Ruines d’Angkor: A collection of photographs showcasing the ancient temples of Angkor.

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Vietnamese historical photography, paths from Hong Kong to Cholon, Saigon Chinatown

For the Indochina period, historian François Drémeaux reveals an intriguing fact: Hong Kong served as the first harbor of French Indochina. This choice was influenced by several factors, with one of the primary attractions being the city’s favorable taxes and free port system.

The Vietnamese Administration of the Nguyen Dynasty also recognized this advantage. In 1865, they dispatched Dr. Dang Huy Tru on a Chinese mission to explore Hong Kong’s current development. At that time,

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Suggestions for the boutique

    • Fine art photo print New Catalog 2024
      Abandoned Colonial House At Night - Cholon
      $500.00
    • Fine art photo print New Catalog 2024
      Modernist Building At Night- Cholon
      $500.00
    • Fine art photo print New Catalog 2024
      Colonial Ghost House - Cholon
      $500.00
    • Fine art photo print New Catalog 2024
      Modernist spirit (of the Independence Palace)
      $500.00

Photographer Huong Ky Photo, archives of a precursor film maker in Indochina time

The name of Huong Ky Photo is more associated to the history of cinema in Vietnam than to Photography.

Located in Hang Trong Street (Rue des tambours), Hanoi, the studio photo was established in 1905 by Mr. Nguyen Lan Huong (1887 – 1949).

This street is famous for the production of a specific woodcut paintings. The craftsman only prints the black outlines of the image, then will finish the details by hand.

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Reality shows for the Independence Palace, the modernist architecture icon of Saigon

The Independence Palace, completed in 1966 by the architect Ngô Viết Thụ, winner of the Prix de Rome, was never inhabited by President Ngo Dinh Diem who requested its construction but by the next President who made him assassinated.  It has become a museum since April 30, 1975 when tanks have crashed through its gates.

Renamed as Reunification Palace, It is now the gathering place for all the city’s major festivities and commemorations.

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Illustration Journal 1934, Photographer Khanh Ky on the visit of the Emperor of Annam to Tonkin

Text from the article

THE VISIT OF THE EMPEROR OF ANNAM TO TONKIN
We mentioned, in our last issue, the visit that the Emperor of Annam Bao Daï made to Tonkin during the first half of December. We have since received some new photographs which illustrate with a picturesque commentary this study trip of the young sovereign, the impact of which was considerable in all the cities and regions he traveled.

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Suggestions for the boutique

    • Fine art photo print New Catalog 2024
      Abandoned Colonial House At Night - Cholon
      $500.00
    • Fine art photo print New Catalog 2024
      Modernist Building At Night- Cholon
      $500.00
    • Fine art photo print New Catalog 2024
      Colonial Ghost House - Cholon
      $500.00
    • Fine art photo print New Catalog 2024
      Modernist spirit (of the Independence Palace)
      $500.00

Photographer Khanh Ky, The first photo reporter in Vietnam (Indochina period)

Khanh Ky’s real name is Nguyen Dinh Khanh (1874-1946), opened a photography studio in 1892 on Hang Da street. The business being successful he opened many studios in Hanoi, Haiphong, Saigon (1907, 1924)  even in China at Guangzhou (1924).Unlike other photographers, he attached particular importance to train his operators who mainly came from Lai Xa village, in Ha Dong province who is considered as considered the cradle of Vietnamese photography.

In 1910, Khanh Ky went to France to study photography.

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Review Exhibition XEM – Meta Far-East

Written by Dr Bridget Tracy Tan
Director, Institute of Southeast Asia Arts – Art Galleries
Academic Advisor (Southeast Asian Arts)
Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts

“Quang Lam’s style is unquestioningly about play, but also about accountability. He wants the viewer to know how we experience what we experience, through what we enact and the thoughts we think, the ways in which we move. His contribution to the exhibition is a series of installations demonstratng the state of the world.

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