Matca, or ‘Mắt Cá’ in Vietnamese, directly translates to ‘Fisheye’. The fisheye lens provides an ultra-wide angle view. In the same vein, Matca, as a collective, strives to turn a wide lens on an increasingly overlooked community of Vietnamese photographers so to reveal, if you will, the bigger picture.
My position as the editor at Matca involves curating photographic works, connecting with people working in the industry, asking questions and inviting discussion.
My position as the editor at Matca involves curating photographic works, connecting with people working in the industry, asking questions and inviting discussion.
Selected Articles
Cuteness or colonialism? Look past the readymade beauty and into the unsettling worldview in Réhahn's pictures of old women and children.
Scholar Zhuang Wubin talks about the Vietnam chapter in his book, an independent 12-year effort to map photography in Southeast Asia.
5 Vietnamese visual storytellers shares their photography journey and experiences working in a formerly male-dominated field.
French photographer Boris Zuliani captures intimate portraits of young couples on Long Bien bridge with instant polaroids.