Honorable Mention TIFA 2024 People / Culture

The Fish Nets Embroiderer of Phan Rang

  • Photographer
    Luciana Trappolino
  • Technical Info
    Canon Eos 6d, 40mm, F/4, 1/160
  • Photo Date
    27/02/2019

A tradition and culture of women in Vietnam is repairing fishing nets. in the town of Phan Rang you can meet women surrounded by many colored nets and intent on repairing.

Born in Orvieto on 15 February 1964. She got her degree in Economics and Commerce at Sapienza in Rome (Italy). She currently lives in Lecce, where she works in a public company. Since childhood she has the passion for photography. At the age of fourteen she receives her first Reflex, which changes her way of observing the world, objects, and people. Become a photographer by vocation and live forever with her Reflex for over thirty years. She has participated in several exhibitions, and has been a winner in several competitions.