NEW YORK—An exhibition of award-winning photographs was held over the weekend in the Community Room at Confucius Plaza in Chinatown, February 28 to March 1.
The competition committee selected 145 photos out of over 13,500 submissions from around the world for final evaluation. Out of the semi-final photos, 69 received awards.
In an interview with The Epoch Times, Dai Bing, renowned photographer and chairman of the selection jury, explained how he chose photographs for the exhibition—choosing the essence of works of photographers from diverse ethnic backgrounds. To ensure fairness during the judging of the photographs, none of the judges had any information about the contestants.
As a mother of two, Debbie Egan Chin, a staff photographer for The Daily News, won a Bronze award, and an Excellence award for her photos “I Miss you Dad” and “Safe Exit.”
Ms. Chin said she puts people first in taking photos. For example when taking the picture of a six-year-old girl who had lost her father before she was born, she put herself into the situation to try to feel what the little girl was feeling. The girl’s father was firefighter killed in the events of the September 11 terrorist attacks.
Ms. Chin’s view of a good photo is that it is about emotion; a photo that does not show how someone feels is pointless. To be a good photojournalist is about curiosity and empathy, she said. As a journalist, she wants people to see reality. She does not like censorship, and she doesn’t want anyone to pretend for her in front of the camera.
Haim Behar, one of the contestants whose work, “Bedouin Camel Race,” won an Excellence Award, flew all the way from Israel for the exhibition. He found it very interesting to see the works from different parts of the world. It is a show of spirit and emotion, he said, noting that he had never come across an exhibition with so much variety.
John, a commercial photographer who grew up in Brooklyn, has been to many shows previously and was impressed by the quality of the works displayed compared to many other photographs he has seen.
John commented that the photographs were taken in the most beautiful parts of the world. He felt that anyone whose work was displayed ought to be very proud, as each and every one of the individual works touched him. Whoever had the ability to judge and pick the photographs did an excellent job, and that’s why the show was so impressive, he said.
As a photographer, John expressed his hope that there would be a venue where people could be changed through a photograph, or where photographs could influence people to take note of a situation.
Inspired by the exhibit, John is looking forward to taking part in the next photo competition. The submission deadline is March 30, 2009. Submission information can be found at: photocompetition.epochtimes.com/english.
The competition committee selected 145 photos out of over 13,500 submissions from around the world for final evaluation. Out of the semi-final photos, 69 received awards.
In an interview with The Epoch Times, Dai Bing, renowned photographer and chairman of the selection jury, explained how he chose photographs for the exhibition—choosing the essence of works of photographers from diverse ethnic backgrounds. To ensure fairness during the judging of the photographs, none of the judges had any information about the contestants.
As a mother of two, Debbie Egan Chin, a staff photographer for The Daily News, won a Bronze award, and an Excellence award for her photos “I Miss you Dad” and “Safe Exit.”
Ms. Chin said she puts people first in taking photos. For example when taking the picture of a six-year-old girl who had lost her father before she was born, she put herself into the situation to try to feel what the little girl was feeling. The girl’s father was firefighter killed in the events of the September 11 terrorist attacks.
Ms. Chin’s view of a good photo is that it is about emotion; a photo that does not show how someone feels is pointless. To be a good photojournalist is about curiosity and empathy, she said. As a journalist, she wants people to see reality. She does not like censorship, and she doesn’t want anyone to pretend for her in front of the camera.
Haim Behar, one of the contestants whose work, “Bedouin Camel Race,” won an Excellence Award, flew all the way from Israel for the exhibition. He found it very interesting to see the works from different parts of the world. It is a show of spirit and emotion, he said, noting that he had never come across an exhibition with so much variety.
John, a commercial photographer who grew up in Brooklyn, has been to many shows previously and was impressed by the quality of the works displayed compared to many other photographs he has seen.
John commented that the photographs were taken in the most beautiful parts of the world. He felt that anyone whose work was displayed ought to be very proud, as each and every one of the individual works touched him. Whoever had the ability to judge and pick the photographs did an excellent job, and that’s why the show was so impressive, he said.
As a photographer, John expressed his hope that there would be a venue where people could be changed through a photograph, or where photographs could influence people to take note of a situation.
Inspired by the exhibit, John is looking forward to taking part in the next photo competition. The submission deadline is March 30, 2009. Submission information can be found at: photocompetition.epochtimes.com/english.
