Monty Tran Photography

RIP - John Payne

I had a brief and vague relationship with John, meeting him last year when he was recovering from his first stroke, but the moments shared certainly had a great effect on me (not to mention his incredible sculptures). He spoke of being cavalier in his youth, reminding me to pay more attention to my peers in the community. Always cracking jokes, even with his worsening condition, it was hard to catch him without a grin. The photo above was taken of him, a month before his passing, at the Art Stroll in the River Arts District, of Asheville, NC, outside of the Wedge; his dream-come-true. Both the Citizen-Times and the Mountain Xpress wrote a piece about him. My sincerest regards go out to his son and family.

Labels: John Payne

We All Walk Book

We All Walk

By Monty Tran

Book Preview

Just finished designing and submitting the We All Walk book for the photography.book.now contest hosted by blurb books, click above for preview and/or to order.

Labels: art work, book, fine art, fine art photography, monty tran, Monty Tran Photography, Paul Jackson, photographer, photography, thematic, theme, travel photography

WNC Magazine - July Issue - Contributer's Page & Llama Trekking Feature

Thanks to Brian Gallagher and everyone at WNCmag for the write-up! They also listed my good friend Rebecca D'Angelo.

Had a great time shooting this story while hiking into Panthertown Valley with Lucy & Laura of English Mountain Llama Treks. Thanks, lunch was awesome!

Labels: digital photography, editorial photography, Llama Trekking, Monty Tran Photography, Paul Jackson, photographer, self-portrait, tearsheets

WNC Magazine - June issue - Cover and tearsheets

Big Thanks to the crew at WNC Magazine for selecting my photo for the June cover. Also, thanks to Josh Copus of the ClaySpace Coop and Peter Moyle for their time taken in shooting the profiles for ths month's issue.

Labels: cover, digital photography, editorial photography, images, Monty Tran Photography, outdoors

Liberty Mutual Vietnam Display

For this project I teamed up with Amaze Design, who found the image "Familiarize with Family" on my website and asked me if they could use it for a display they were putting together for Liberty Mutual's International headquarters in Boston, MA. They chose the image based on its theme of family, after combing Getty's site and other larger stock agencies, they felt my image conveyed the message most effectively. Thanks Guys!