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Photographer

Viet Van Tran

Category

Black & White Photography - Travel

Company

Lao Dong newspaper

Submission Group

Professional

Year

2022

Country / Region:

Vietnam

The boy was feeding an elephant. To this boy, the elephant named Y Khamsen is a great friend. The boy is the son of Y Vinh, who is an M'Nông ethnic minority, living in Dak Lak province (Central Highland, Vietnam). Y Vinh is one of 14 mahout in Lak, he has been taking care of an elephant named Y Khamsen for 28 years.