Vietnam: Dang Huy Tru (Đặng Huy Trứ, 1825-1874) the first Vietnamese photographer

Dang Huy Tru, a Hanoi intellectual, opened Vietnam’s first photo lab – the Cam Hieu Duong lab – on March 14th, 1869 in Hanoi.

Dang Huy Tru was a senior official in the Nguyen Dynasty in the mid nineteenth century. In 1873, the French army attacked Hanoi for the first time, and Dang Huy Tru and his friend Hoang Ke Viem left behind photography to fight the European invaders. He died in 1874.

In 1865, on a trip to Hong Kong, Tru was introduced to photography for the first time. He produced two photographs on the journey and brought them home to Vietnam. In 1867, with the help of a friend, Tru bought his first camera in Guangdong, China. Upon returning to Hanoi, Tru opened Cam Hieu Duong, Vietnam’s first photo lab. Sadly, it closed after Tru’s death in 1874.

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