Vietnamese Ngo Thanh Minh has won a “grand prize” in the amateur category in a global soccer-themed photography competition held by Sony Electronics Asia-Pacific.

The Soccergraphy contest opened in April last year to mark the Japanese consumer electronics giant’s official partnership with the International Federation of Association Football for the 2010 World Cup that is now under way in South Africa.

Minh’s photo, titled “Childhood 2,” also won a Sony Alpha DSLR camera package and a trip to South Africa to watch the World Cup.

The 33-year-old, based in the central city of Hue, has been working as a photographer for the past 15 years, and won a gold medal and a silver at international photo competitions in Singapore and Canada last year.

Soccergraphy was divided into amateur and professional categories and the only criterion for entries was that a photo should have at least one football in it.

The winning entries will be featured alongside works of world-renowned photographers in a specially-created photo book to celebrate the spirit of soccer.

The proceeds from the book’s sales will be donated to charity.

Source:tuoitrenews