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FCC photographer of the year awards 2OO2 winnerc¡
Professional divisions. The winning
FGC Photographer of the Year
entries in of each ol those categories were then presented to the judging
his year we
Professional and
Winner: John Stanmeyer, Time Magazine
panel
First lunner-up: Christian Keenan, Freelance FCG Photograph of the Year Winner: Manifesto -- Bishop Zenby Virgile Simon Bertrand, Red Desert Ltd
tions Ltd
Ltd; Oliver TsanS SCMP; Ricky Chung, SCMP
Yirgi
Winner: Julian De Brackinghe Yuen-tao First runner-up: Sarah Wong Man-hing Four Seas Electrical Appliances Ltd
Intemational
School
Honourable mention: Irene Jackson, Cathay Camera Club; Dominic Naht, German Swiss International School.' Brice
Hong Kong Winner
Portrait of a Traveller
Second runner-up: Dominic Nahr, German Swiss
Desert Ltd
onornic Digest First runnerPublications Ltd Second runner-up: WeiJeng Tay, Time Magazine Honourable meition: Paul Hu, Assignment Asia Ltd; Peter Parks, Agence France-Presse
Minnigh, Basis Point Publishing Ltd
SCMP.com Digital Photography & Computer lmaging
School Second runner-up: Tony IGlleen, Walt Disney Imagineering Honourable mention: Carole Lotter Killeen, Freelance
ht Winner: Paul Hu, Assignment Asia Ltd First runner-up.' Marcus Oleniuk, First Light
Asia News Winner: Christian I(eenan, Freelance
isha Pete
a News Presse
Asia Magazine Features Winner: John Stanmeyer, Time Magazine F ir st runn er- up: Grischa Rusc hendor{ As si g nment
up.'Paul Jan Hilton, Tiger Productions ¿¿ion.'
Chlistian l(eenan, Freelance;
Wing Shya, Shya I'o. La Workshop Ltd
Hong Kong Perspective - Beyond the H¡ghr¡se Winner: David Wong Chi-kin, SCMP First runner-up; Kai-chung Sing, Apple Daily Second, runner-up: Wing-tin Fu, Economic Digest PubLicatiorc Ltd Honourable mention: Paul Hu, Assignment Asia Ltd
Hong Kong Perspective - Wotld CitY Wínner: Ricky ChunS SCI4P First nmner-up: Ricky Chwg, SCMP Honourable mention: Yu-shing Luk, Economic Digest Publicatiotu Lld; Weng-kun Kuan, Economic Digest Publications Ltd; Andrew Moore, Freelance; Kok-yin Cheng SCMP; Paul Hu, Assignment Asia Ltd
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Landscape in Time
Last year we saw a very high standard of entry at the top end, which
made
final judging quite difficult.
Many of last year's entrants were back
Kong Perspective section.
Paul
the Sony Corporation and the SCMP as
this year. Entries were better thought
Buckland's series "From Dusk to Dawn" won the Beyond the Highrise
principal sponsors this year. Hutchison Telecom joined Fuji Film, Nikon, Canon, Pentax, HeliHong Kong and Polaroid to provide a great line-up of prizes. Media sponsors RTHK, I'l¿e Standard and Apple DaiLy mad.e swe that the awards received the exposure they deserved and a special thanks
out overall and a similar high standard of work made judging a formidable task
in
selecting
the major awards.
Winner: Brìce Minnigh, Bosis Point Publishing Ltd First runner-up: Dominic Nah4 German Swiss International
Hong Kong Perspective - Beyond the H¡ghr¡se
Time pholographer and Pulitzer prize nominee, John Slanmyer, was last year's Ist Runner Up. This year his poignant series, "Nuclear Neighbours", was the winner of the Asia Magazine Features category and earned John the Photographer of the Year title.
In an interesting twist, last year's
category in the Non-Professional division of the Hong l(ong Perspective and there was no winning award made in the World City category. FCC member and winner of the last year's Non-Professional travel category Brice Minnigh, was back with another winning series, "Elements - Sculpting
Asia", in the Non-Professional Landscape in Time category. Julian
winner, Chris l(eenan, was awarded 1st
Yuen Tao won the Portrait of a Traveller category in the same division with her
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Runner up for his winning entry "Shanghai Money Boys" in the Asia
entry'Thai Monk". In the new category Digital Photography and Computer
Hong Kong Perspective - Wotld City
News category. He again confirmed his mastery of the black and white medium
Imaging, Wing Shya's
Runner-up: Healthy Tam Kin-hong, Artcom Computer Project
Hu,
the
disciplines of the category.
once again, particularÌy
Winner: Paul Geoffrey Buckland, Dragonair First ruruner-up.' Bill Condon, MBC and Associates Second runner-up: Lauralynn Goetz, Scholastic Aesthetic
The Standard Gorporate Hong Kong
for the final selection of
the photographer. An important and difficult criterion is the photographer's mastery of and innovation within the
Non-Professional Division
SGMP.com Hong Kong News
Non-
The Photographer of the Year 2002
Photographer of the Year and the new Photograph of the Year Awards. These awards are not just made for the impact of the images or the technical skill of
Second runner-up: Virgile Simon Bertrand, Red Desert Ltd
Professional Division
expanded the
Awards to include a total of thirteen categories in both the
Co. Ltd
Honourable Mention: I(enny Cheung Yu-kau, Freelance
SCMP.com Digital Photography & Gomputer lmag¡ng Winner: Desmond Crofton, Cathay Camera Club
SCMP Young Post Hong Kong Perspective - Beyond
the H¡ghr¡se Winner: Darren Siu, Island School F irst runner- up.' Shingo Shirasaw4 I nternational
Christian
SchooI SeconrJ runner-up:
Edwin Yim, German Swiss International
School
Honourable mention: Phillip Bak, German Swiss International School; Joey Ma, German Swiss International School; Elizabeth Fung, German Suiss International School; Theodora Ho, German Swiss InternationaL School
I(ong Magazine Features category and
the 2nd Runner Up Award.
His
photograph. "Bishop Zen", taken from Virgile's "Manifesto" series, aÌso won the newly introduced Photograph of the Year award.
Paul Hu won the Hong l(ong Corporate category with a dynamic series from his 2002 MTRC Annual Report portfolio. Wai Hing Chan's entry "'The Last" won the SCMP.com Hong l(ong News category. David Wong Chi-IGn and Ricky Chung, both South China Mornng Pos¿ staff photographers won the HKTB sponsored Beyond the
SCMP Young Post Hong Kong Perspect¡ve - World
City Winner: Benjamin Marshal| King George V School Fírst, runner-up: William Laq King George V School , Second runner-up: Phyllis Chan, King George V School THE CORRESPONDENT FEBRUARY/MARCH
with this voyeuristic glimpse into Shanghai's shadows. Virgile Simon Betrand's "Manifesto", a series of strong portraits of prominent Hong I(ong personalities, won the Hong
Highrise and World City respectively 2OO3
in the
categories
Professional Hong
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cover "Crossover" won the Professional I)ivision while Desmond Crofton's "Ancestors" won the Non-Professional. Hong l(ong's school students made their presence felt this year and last year's awardee Darren Siu shared the
honours with Benjamin Marshall for the SCMP Young Post Hong Kong Perspective division. The response to the second FCC Photographer of the Year Awards once again demonstrates the very important role lhese awards can play in promoting and developing photographic standards in Hong l(ong. We expect these awards to continue to grow each year and with that growth comes a greater responsibility to give photographers and their work the recognition they have earned. This will not be possible without strong sponsor suppofi. The Hong l(ong Tourism Board and Cathay Pacific Airuays were joined by
goes
lo
Crown Pacific Moving and for their
Corporate Communications work behind the scenes.
An important part of the FCC Photographer of the Year Awards is the POYA Travelling Exhibition. Last year the POYA 2001 winning entries were exhibited at the Hong I(ong Airport, Times Square, Harbour City, Peak Galleria, the British Council, Kornhill Galleria and Exchange Square. This yeal we hope to add Hong l(ong Station, the Cultural Centre and the Shatin Town Hall to our exhibition venues. Sponsors are currently being invited to support this year's Travelling
Exhibition. While the POYA committee is hard at work chasing corporate sponsorships times are tough
is tight. The travelling exhibition is currently relying on cash and money
donations from members to get it under way. The front office is accepting these donations and your small contribution can make a real difference to the success of the POYA
2002-3 Travelling Exhibition. Please
make an effort to support these important awards.
An exhibition of the POYA 2002 winners will be held in the FCC Main Bar from February 20 to April 4.
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