Nguyen Ngoc Hanh was the official war photographer for the Republic of Viet Nam
until his country was invaded by North Vietnam on April 30, 1975.  Mr. Hanh was sent
to a re-education camp for eight years, during which time he was specifically tortured
by the Communist regime.   He was released due to international pressure, and
escaped from the country as a Boat Person in 1987.

This award-winning artist -- portraiture is his special talent -- earned the Photographer
of the Year for the USA in 1968 because of his images of the Tet Offensive and the
seige of Khe Sanh.  His book (shown here), in Vietnamese (Khoi Lua) and English
(Vietnam in Flames) editions, was published by South Vietnam in 1969 with photos
also by Nguyen Manh Dan.  

photos and biography by Jean Libby, editor, VietAm Review
Mr. Hanh at the Oakland Museum of California photo by Ky Truong, Tieng Dan Weekly News

Text Biography of Nguyen Ngoc Hanh in pdf  
Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Hanh is still a
working photographer at over the
age of eighty.

He exhibits regularly in festivals
around the country, and teaches
master classes in his home at San
Jose, California.

In June 2007 Mr. Hanh has a
retrospective exhibit at the
community room of the Nguoi Viet
newspaper in Westminster.   

He is pictured here with Nguyen
Chi Thien, another prisoner of the
Communist regime of Vietnam.  
Photo by Peter Bui of Cali Fine Art,
June 2008.
Mr. Hanh at the television interview telling his
primary source story of the Tet Offensive of 1968
for The History Channel.  Unfortunately, even
though Mr. Hanh was selected among the Top Ten
PSA Photographers of 1968 for his war coverage
of the Tet Offensive, his taped interview was not
shown in the final production.
Nguyen Ngoc Hanh,
Photographer
         "Autumn" ( 2004.)  
  Oakland Museum, 2005

Nguyen Ngoc Hanh,

Photographer