honorable mention
Ching Kai Lee malaysia
title
Fusion of Martial Art and Nature
PUNCH
This image focuses on the shape of ‘punch’ which looks like the seed, and the punch has a yellow background. This means the white and yellow belt in taekwondo. White signifies birth of a seed. Yellow signifies the first beam of sunlight shining on the seed. The seed has a dark background, signifying a new learner.
SINGLE KNIFE HAND BLOCK
This image focuses on the shape of ‘single knife hand block’ which resembles the sprout, and the block has a green background. As a yellow belt student advances, he gets the green belt. Green signifies the growth of the seed as it sprouts. The sprout has a brighter background, signifying a growing learner.
SPEAR HAND STRIKE
This image focuses on the shape of ‘spear hand strike’ which looks like the leaf, and the spear has a blue background. Blue signifies the blue sky as the plant continues to grow and starts to have leaves. A blue belt student moves up in rank, just like the plant which grows taller. The leaf has an even brighter background, signifying a more knowledgeable learner.
OUTER FOREARM INWARD BLOCK
The image focuses on the shape of ‘outer forearm inward block’ which resembles the branch, and the block has a red background. Red signifies the red-hot heat of the sun as the plant continues to grow and start to have thick branches. The branch has a bright background, signifying a mature learner.
TURNING KICK
The image focuses on the shape of the ‘turning kick’ which resembles the budding flower, and kick’s background is grayish. Black signifies the darkness beyond the sun. The flower has a very bright background, signifying a fully grown learner who can now teach his disciples.
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entry description
The series focuses on the concept of fusion of taekwondo movements and forces of nature.PUNCH
This image focuses on the shape of ‘punch’ which looks like the seed, and the punch has a yellow background. This means the white and yellow belt in taekwondo. White signifies birth of a seed. Yellow signifies the first beam of sunlight shining on the seed. The seed has a dark background, signifying a new learner.
SINGLE KNIFE HAND BLOCK
This image focuses on the shape of ‘single knife hand block’ which resembles the sprout, and the block has a green background. As a yellow belt student advances, he gets the green belt. Green signifies the growth of the seed as it sprouts. The sprout has a brighter background, signifying a growing learner.
SPEAR HAND STRIKE
This image focuses on the shape of ‘spear hand strike’ which looks like the leaf, and the spear has a blue background. Blue signifies the blue sky as the plant continues to grow and starts to have leaves. A blue belt student moves up in rank, just like the plant which grows taller. The leaf has an even brighter background, signifying a more knowledgeable learner.
OUTER FOREARM INWARD BLOCK
The image focuses on the shape of ‘outer forearm inward block’ which resembles the branch, and the block has a red background. Red signifies the red-hot heat of the sun as the plant continues to grow and start to have thick branches. The branch has a bright background, signifying a mature learner.
TURNING KICK
The image focuses on the shape of the ‘turning kick’ which resembles the budding flower, and kick’s background is grayish. Black signifies the darkness beyond the sun. The flower has a very bright background, signifying a fully grown learner who can now teach his disciples.
about the photographer
I am an international gold-medalist, award-winning, and news-featured photographer who has great passion in both personal photography and commercial photography. I have won the San Francisco Bay International Photography Awards 2020 organized in the USA, the Minimalist Photography Awards 2020 organized in the Germany, and the International Photography Awards (IPA) 2020 organized in the USA. Besides loving to capture portrait photographs and landscape photographs, I like to participate in photography competitions worldwide to discern my standard and level in photography. I have also been a wedding photographer in my country. I do photography for interest, and I would like to convey my thoughts and to tell a story via my photographs in various photography competitions. I hope the judges are going to like my works.back to gallery