HCM CITY (VNS)— The third Portrait Photo Festival, in which volunteer photographers will take photos of people and give them to them free of charge will be held in HCM City on December 8.

The event is organised by the website yeunhiepanh.net, which is a member of American photographer Jeremy Cowart's Help-Portrait, a global movement of 13,000 participants worldwide.

Help-Portrait aims to connect people through visual art. The organisers expect the portraits taken by volunteer photographers to offer a taste of urban daily life.

Supported by local organisations, including Tan Binh District's Red Cross, the festival has attracted 200 participants.

The Portrait Photo Festival will begin at 7am on December 8 at the Tran Nhat Duat Apartment Block in District 1. The photographers will also move to 20 shelters and open houses around the city. Organisers expect that 5,000 people will join the event.

For more information, visit the website www.yeunhiepanh.net. — VNS