Tran has been doing photography for over 20 years, first as a wedding photographer.  He has won several awards, most notably the “International Wedding Photographer Award” in 1994. Tran's desire of capturing natural beauty takes him to various locations of the world, from the serene local ocean to the majestic mountain ranges and soaring national forests. In his pursuit of excellence in photography, Tran’s passion is the pure art form of black and white with large format photography, hand made photograph using Platinum/Palladium process for printing.

Photography prints created with hand coated Platinum/Palladium paper have a rich, almost three dimensional texture on the surface. With its subtle but not harsh tone, it can greatly expand the middle tone range of the photographic image which silver printing often fails to do.  Looking at a photography using contact print with platinum/palladium printing process is like looking at a natural landscape as you stand before it. The photographs are natural works of art that last for centuries without fading or shifting in color. Because of the intricate printing involved, no two pictures are ever alike.  Platinum/Palladium printing is truly art in its purest form.

I capture my images using numerous view large-format cameras, including 8" x 10", 11”x14” the 12" x 20" and the 20”x24” size negatives mounted in antique cameras made with natural wood. Some of these cameras were hand-made a hundred year ago. I prefer natural light, both in still life and in portrait.  After an image is capture on film, it is hand processed through a series of intricate steps using light sensitive compounds of Platinum and Palladium. The chemical is spread onto the photography papers exposed to a UV light source.  Different papers, developers, developer temperatures, and other toners allow the artist to make images ranging from steely greys to warm sepias, producing a great range of expressive qualities. Because of the number of variables involved, such as changes of humidity, age of the chemical and paper batches, no two prints are ever the same”.