Nhan Tran (Nhàn) is a Vietnamese documentary photographer and filmmaker based in Vietnam. Her long-term work follows women and communities navigating migration, labour, displacement, and belonging across Southeast Asia, from girls entering adulthood early in the highlands to families living without secure legal recognition.
Working through relationships built over time, she documents how larger social and political conditions shape everyday life, care, and intimacy. Her practice moves between photography and film, with a focus on prolonged states of waiting, transition, and uncertainty.
Her work has been commissioned and published by Le Monde, The Times, Associated Press, LiCAS News, and The Polis Project. She is a member of Women Photograph, a VII Academy alumna, and a National Geographic Society grantee. Her work has received support from and been exhibited at Objectifs – Centre for Photography and Film.
Based in Ho Chi Minh City, she is available for editorial and NGO assignments across Vietnam and Southeast Asia.