Member’s Forum – In Search of Hummingbirds from Peru with Kimxuan Nguyen

Kimxuan traveled to Peru to photograph birds with her fellow photographers for 12 days in February of 2022. In Peru, there were about 400 species of birds to photograph. However, for this presentation, Kimxuan will only concentrate on the hummingbirds that she was able to photograph. Some of them were the most sought-after birds in the world, including the most spectacular of all hummingbirds,  the Marvelous Spatuletail.    

Kimxuan Nguyen studied photography in college when the photography world was still using film and darkroom to process photos. Fast-forward, Kimxuan joined the Northern Virginia Photographic Society (NVPS) in 2019. She had received several Monthly Competition Awards and Year End Awards. Some of the awards were Advanced Color Print of the Year, Advanced Color Digital Image of the Year (twice) , Photographer of the Year, Photographer of the Year – Versatile Advanced, and Ollie Fife Award.

Currently, Kimxuan is the Lead Instructor for Advanced Level class and an Assistant to the President of the Vietnamese Photographic Society (VNPS). She wrote and contributed photography lessons as well as lessons on portfolio projects. She also served as part of the judging panels for VNPS. In addition, Kimxuan has received the Portfolio Project of the Year and Honorable Excellent Service from the society. 

Kimxuan likes to travel within the United States as well as the world to capture mostly landscaping and wildlife.