Awards ceremony for “Precious Moments in Macao” 2016 Photography Competition concluded successfully
The awards ceremony for the “Precious Moments in Macao” 2016 Photography Competition was held at the Government Information Bureau today; awards were given to 62 winning entries. The competition’s organiser announced that a new format for inviting submissions will be used in next year’s event. Speaking at the ceremony, Acting Director of the Government Information Bureau, Mr Louie Wong Lok I, pointed out that the “Precious Moments in Macao” Photography Competition, which was known as the “New Faces of Macao” Photography Competition from 2004 to 2009, has coincided with the rapid development of Macao over the past years. He also thanked local photography and media associations as well as photography aficionados for their support and participation in the competition, which has collected many outstanding works that have captured the precious moments of Macao through the camera lens and provided invaluable visual materials for the Macao Yearbook. This year’s competition has attracted 270 contestants with a total of 1,144 submissions of various themes. Mr Wong added that in order to facilitate the submissions of works of different themes relating to Macao, the Government Information Bureau would introduce a new format to solicit outstanding submissions from photography aficionados starting from next year. According to the initial plan, the current online submissions portal will be retained but submissions will be open all year round instead; more details will be announced in due course. The competition was organised by the Government information Bureau, and co-organised with the Photographic Society of Macao; Photography Salon Society of Macao; Macao Association for the Promotion of Photographic Art; Macao Association of Photographers; Macao Multimedia Photographic Art Association; Macao Association of Photographic Art; Macau Camera Lens Art Association; Macao Digital Photography Association; Macao Media Workers Association; Macao Journalists’ Club; Macao Journalists’ Association; Macao Media Club; and the Macau Sports Press Association. A total of 1,144 entries were submitted this year and 62 winning entries were selected after three rounds of professional evaluations. The first, second and third prizes were: First Prize: Ku Soi Lan; Title of Work: Passing the baton Second Prize: Wu Yisheng; Title of Work: Colourful clouds over the peninsula Third Prize: Lam Sao Wa; Title of Work: NAPE in the evening Winners of the first, second and third prizes each received a trophy in addition to a cash prize of 8,000, 5,000 and 3,000 patacas respectively, A further 12 entries were selected for the Special Feature Prize “Our Waters” by the editorial committee of the Macao Yearbook and winners each received a cash prize of 1,000 patacas.
