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"Wounds of Hong Kong" Series by Photographer Ko Chung-ming, finalist of 2020 World Photography Award

Although the competition host has removed Ko's photos in their offical website, claiming that Ko's photos are "sensitive", his series and the description of each "wound of Hong Kong" are available on Ko's facebook page.

Source: Ko Chung-ming's Facebook

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Hong Kong Protests Photos Receive Awards in Taiwan Press Photo Competition

Taiwan Press Photo 2020 has announced that The Reporter has won first place in the Breaking News category and third place and honor prize in the Graphic Feature Article category.

The award winning photos include 2 images taken at Hong Kong protest scenes.

Source: Facebook@The Reporter #Apr11
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Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist: as a Hong Konger, there is no way to be happy

(09 May) A one-way plane ticket led Reuters' photographer, Tyrone Siu, back to Hong Kong at the end of May last year. He was originally stationed in Taiwan and planned to be in Hong Kong only to report on the annual candlelight vigil of the June 4th Tiananmen Square massacre. Instead, he stayed for almost a year and witnessed Hong Kong’s most chaotic days. He and the team at Reuters even won the Pulitzer Prize in the Breaking News Photography Award this year for their series on Hong Kong anti-extradition bill movement. He described his feeling of winning the prize as very complex. "As a journalist, it is a great honor to win the Pulitzer Prize. It may be what a lot of media workers aspire to achieve. But as a Hong Konger, being in the story, and knowing that many people have been injured in it, I can't say that I am happy about a movement that hurts us all.”

Full translation:
https://telegra.ph/Pulitzer-Prize-winning-photojournalist-as-a-Hong-Konger-there-is-no-way-to-be-happy-05-14-2

Sources: Ming Pao
bit.ly/2Wx3mzc

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What can you see in the photo?

A graffiti in Mongkok writes “dog-like officials”, referring government officials as corrupt and incompetent.

Source: Kevin Cheng #May31
#PoliceState #StateTerrorism #HongKong
#GlobalSupport #Photography
Hong Kong Protests Photos Win at Moscow International Foto Awards

Photographers from different places have received awards at the Moscow International Foto Awards, for the moments they captured in Hong Kong pro-democracy protests.

Witold Dobrowolski of Polish Journalists Association ("Revolution of Our Times"), Vivek Prakash of AFP ("Umbrella Revolutionaries"), Go Nakamura from the US ("Among The Cloud"), Ng Ka-sing of Taiwan ("Demonstrators Attacked By Undercover Police") had received the Gold Prize.

Chan Long-hei of Hong Kong won the Silver Prize for the series "Provoked Tenderness".

Witold Dobrowolski's series "Siege of The Hong Kong
Polytechnic University" and Vivek Prakash "Numbers" shared the same accolade.

Source: Stand News #June4
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#PX3 #HongKongProtests
Hong Kong Photographer Won Accolade in Prestigious Photography Prize

Editor’s note:
Hong Kong photographer Tam Ming Keung took this photo titled “Anti-extradition law protest in shopping mall” at New Town Plaza in Shatin, Hong Kong on July 14, 2019.

The photo captured the chaotic shopping mall as the riot police charged in to make arrests and dispersed civilians during a pro-democracy protester.

The iconic photo features a lady in a bright red dress and heels, holding a brand-name shopping bag while jumping over a puddle of bloodstain.

Source: Tam Ming Keung @ United Social Press #Sept10

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Hong Kong Photographer Won Accolade in Prestigious Photography Prize

Tam Ming Keung, a photographer of United Social Press, won the silver prize in the General News category of the 2020 Franch Photography Prize PX3.

The award-wining photo captured a chaotic scene at Shatin's Newtown Plaza on July 14, 2019 when the riot police violently dispersed pro-democracy civilians.

The photographer shared his thoughts on receiving the accolade:

“It is still hard to believe that police actually clash with civilians in the shopping malls. The violent incidents that took place in shopping arcades were mostly associated with terrorist attack or gun shots.

However, in Hong Kong it is almost certain that on several days of a month, heavy police presence would be found in some shopping malls, turning these premises into military grounds, as if martial laws were imposed.

On each floor, plain-clothes police could be seen discreetly standing and scouting, while riot police troop up and down, setting up cordon with orange duct tapes and intercepting shoppers at their will.”

Source: Tam Ming Keung @ United Social Press #Sept10
https://www.facebook.com/579827748716829/posts/3615536181812622/

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Photos of Hong Kong Pro-democracy Movement Won Half of the Prizes from “Taiwan Press Photographer Competition 2020”

Prizewinning photographs from the “Taiwan Press Photographer Competition 2020” are displayed at the General Association of Chinese Culture (#GACC) from September 24, 2020 and onwards.

Almost half of 123 award-winning photographs are about the anti-ELAB movement in Hong Kong, reflecting the extraordinary connections between Taiwan and Hong Kong.

With this exhibition, the organiser hopes that visitors can experience the five senses emitted from these photos and feel the concerns they have and the values they defend:

"Time passes, but the photographs capture the moment. The message can be sent to you via photos and stay in your mind. Please don’t forget that people have paid a high cost for freedom."

Source: Stand News #Sept23
#Photography #NeverGiveUp
Unafraid of Authorites' Oppression: The Faces of the Arrested Pro-Democracy Activists in Hong Kong

On January 6, 2021, 53 pro-democracy activists were accused of violating the #NationalSecurityLaw for participating in pro-democracy camp's primary election. Police made arrested at their homes in the early morning.

In less than two months, the police demanded them to report to the police stations ahead of the scheduled date. On Feb 28, 2021, 47 of them were charged with "conspiracy to subverting state powers".

In these #portraits taken earlier, the facial expression of these pro-democracy Hongkongers were captured in close-ups: Some eyed a sharp warning glance; some looked more determined than ever; some were really calm--none of them would surrender.

During the interview, they were more relaxed and peaceful than others. They tried to enjoy freedom to the most as if it was the last time.

Source: InMedia #Feb28
https://bit.ly/3sDNOqf
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#University in Hong Kong Cancels #WorldPressPhoto Exhibition with Protest Photos

The Hong Kong Baptist University (#HKBU) cancelled an exhibition of World Press Photo winners right before its opening, citing "safety and security" fears as the reason.

The exhibition was set to display prize-winning photos of the 2019 Anti-ELAB protests.

The university, however, did not further explain what their safety "fears" were.

World Press Photo is an annual international competition. In the past, its exhibition has difficulties in taking place inside China.

In October 2020, a similar echibition in Macau, was shut down without explanation by authorities.

Source: RTHK; Stand News; AFP #Feb26
https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1577706-20210226.htm

https://bit.ly/2ZQxztV

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25th Human Rights Press Awards (2021) Winners
Photography (Single Image) Winner

Struggle by Chan Tsz Yuk Alex - CityDog.by

Source:
https://www.facebook.com/1474101479504603/posts/2889343087980428/

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