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Photography students pose in Lang Co lagoon in Vietnam with Pics of Asia

Our new summer photography tours in Vietnam

By Etienne / May 21, 2020 / 0 Comments

Well, we’d be lying if we said that this pandemic situation did not affect us! With dozens of International travellers who booked our photography tours for 2020, and the inability to travel internationally, we’ve had to cancel most of our photography tours and workshops for the summer. Lucky for us, though: we live in Vietnam!…

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A mosaic of example of staged photos from Inle lake fishermen

The library of fake travel photos in Asia

By Etienne / March 24, 2020 / 66 Comments

Finally, it’s arrived! A tool to help the world’s photography competition judges work out if the “travel” images they are judging are real or not! Yep, this is the first library of fake travel photos focusing on people photography in Asia. You’re welcome! What is a fake travel image? Well, it’s an image which doesn’t…

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Participant of Pics of Asia photography tours and workshops in central Vietnam

March 2020 Central Vietnam Photo Tour

By Etienne / March 16, 2020 / 0 Comments

The first photography tour and workshop in Central Vietnam started the new year with a bang! I was lucky enough to be joined by Chris Cusick from Angkor Travel Photography to co-lead this tour with me – a tour which focused on people photography.  Nine participants of completely different levels could have been a challenge,…

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Photo copyright Andy Rooke

In search of new inspiration: my story

By Etienne / February 10, 2020 / 1 Comment

This is an interview I recently did with Mads magazine about my photography story. I thought I’d share it here as I often get asked the same questions 🙂 Please tell us about yourself. Where you are from and other tidbits? My name is Etienne Bossot. I’m a French photographer and photography teacher based in…

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Putting the TRAVEL back in Travel Photography

By Etienne / October 14, 2019 / 0 Comments

If you join a Pics of Asia photo tour you’re guaranteed to get good photos. Why? Well, because we know the very best locations and we take you there at the very best times. We’re nice like that. 😉 But – and this may surprise you – getting great photos is not actually the main…

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Vietnam Travel Photography & Sketching Tour 2020

By Etienne / September 16, 2019 / 0 Comments

As we are in the process of building new photography tours for 2020, we also thought that it would be very interesting to create the absolute new experience that you can’t find anywhere else. I only met Anna this year, as she joined one of my central Vietnam photography tours. Needless to say, it didn’t…

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Seven-Day Hue & Phong Nha Tour

By Etienne / September 9, 2019 / 0 Comments

Exploring the land that time forgot After ten years of exploration, I consider myself something of an expert on the Central Vietnam coastline. Which is a region of amazing natural beauty and limitless photo opportunities. However, the area north of Hue and towards Hanoi has remained a bit of a mystery to me. Sure, I’ve…

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Hanoi Photo Walk – September 15th 2019

By Etienne / September 4, 2019 / 0 Comments

Join us for another photo walk in Vietnam with the team of Pics of Asia, this time in the capital city of Hanoi. For this September edition, we will be joined by Pics of Asia photographer Frederik Wissink, as well as street photographer Chu Viet Ha. Having Chu Viet Ha joining our photo walk is…

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A day taking photos in Central Vietnam with Fujifilm GFX 50s

By Etienne / August 27, 2019 / 1 Comment

A few years ago, I had the opportunity to get my hands on a Fuji GFX camera. And last month, during a presentation of the GFX 100 (in a workshop organized by Fuji in Anh Duc Digital), I got the chance to actually take this camera in hand, and to snap a few images.  Now,…

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Hunting giant wasps’ nests with the Ta Oi people of Central Vietnam

By Etienne / August 14, 2019 / 0 Comments

Last month, I wanted to take my kids on a family trip – away from the Internet, TVs, etc. – and do something similar to what I do when travelling and taking photos. Following some friends’ recommendations, we decided to head into the Central Highlands, visiting the minority tribes near Hue. We heard about a…

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