Đinh Đăng Định

Đinh Đăng Định (20 April 1920 – 11 August 2013) was the personal photographer to Ho Chi Minh. He also co-founded the Vietnam Artistic Photographer's Association (VAPA) with Lâm Tấn Tài.

Định, born in Hanoi, Vietnam, joined the anti-French resistance in 1936 and began photographing political activities in 1941. He became Ho Chi Minh's personal photographer in 1945 and documented key political events and people's support of the resistance movement until Ho's death in 1969. Đinh founded the Vietnam Artistic Photographer's Association in 1965 and later documented the Ho Chi Minh trail. In 2000, he received the Ho Chi Minh Prize for his contributions to photography.

Early years

Đinh Đăng Định was born in Kiêu Kỵ, Hanoi, Vietnam.

Career

Anti-French Resistance (1936–1945)

In 1936, Đinh joined the anti-French resistance. However, it wasn't until 1941 when Ho Chi Minh set up at anti-Japanese base at Pác Bó that Đinh was allowed to photograph political activities.[1]

Personal photographer to Ho Chi Minh (1945 - 1969)

Đinh became the personal photographer to Ho Chi Minh, taking the first official portrait of him on 2 September 1945 in Hanoi. The portrait was meant to be distributed to the public to publicise his identity. From 1945 onwards, Đinh would accompany Ho Chi Minh to capture images of his meetings with French colonial commanders and other high-ranking members of the Communist Party of Vietnam as well as document people's support of Ho's resistance movement. Đinh worked in the Party's Central Office, taking photos of Ho Chi Minh until he died in 1969.[1]

While in Hanoi, Đinh founded the Vietnam Artistic Photographer's Association (VAPA) on 8 December 1965.[2][3]

Ho Chi Minh Trail (1974–1975)

After Ho's death, Đinh was tasked to go South and document route 9 of the Ho Chi Minh trail.[1]

Accolades

In 2000, Đinh was awarded the Ho Chi Minh Prize for his contributions to photography.

References
  1. Page, Tim; Niven, Doug; Riley, Chris (2002). Another Vietnam: Pictures of the War from the Otherside. Washington D.C: National Geographic. ISBN 0792264657.
  2. "Vietnam Artistic Photographers' Association celebrates 50th anniversary". Nhân Dân. 7 December 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  3. Zhuang, Wubin (2016). "Vietnam" in Photography in Southeast Asia: A Survey. Singapore: National University of Singapore Press. pp. 271–313. ISBN 978-981-4722-12-4.
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