honorable mention
Kiran Ridley france
title
Hong Kong ProDemocracy Protests - The Revolution of Our Times
“Fight for freedom! Stand with Hong Kong!” – these words crystallize the powerful and bewildering call, echoed by hundreds of thousands of people, pounding the pavement in Hong Kong defiantly, since the first reading of the Hong Kong proposed extradition bill which would allow Hong Kong citizens to be extradited to mainland China. It triggered an unprecedented wave of reaction both domestically and abroad with many fearing the erosion of Hong Kong's legal system, democratic freedoms and built-in safeguards as promised in the Sino-British Joint Declaration.
On June 9th 2019, an estimated one million people marched to the government headquarters to in protest against the proposed bill followed one week later by an even bigger of protest of over 2 million people, nearly a third of the territories population, taking to the streets to protest against the Bill. Since that day, Hong Kong has been plunged into a political crisis, with waves of demonstrations and violent clashes between Police and protestors. What started as a protest against the proposed government extradition, morphed into a wider call for democratic rights and freedom recovery in the semi-autonomous city.
Hong Kong remained on the edge for much of 2019 with the anti-government growing in momentum, protestors continueing their call for Chief Executive Carrie Lam to meet their remaining demands since the withdrawal of the controversial extradition bill, which included an independent inquiry into police brutality, the retraction of the word 'riot' to describe protests, amnesty against prosecution for all those arrested, Carrie Lam's resignation and genuine universal suffrage.
He has been a finalist in the Association of Photographers ‘Document’ Awards, Highly Commended in the Ian Parry Award and finalist for 'Young Photographer of the Year' in the 'Picture Editor’s Awards'.
He has also been nominated and finalist in two major international awards - The Observer Hodge Award, for his photographic essay on a hospital closure and The Tom Webster Award for his reportage on Hong Kong. Other awards include BBC Music Magazine Photo of the Year, CBAT award, as well as his work in the the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama's prospectus picking up the pretigous UK Silver Heiss Award.
His editorial work has been published in The Sunday Times Magazine, The Times and The Financial Times, Le Figaro, The Washington Post, The Independent on Saturday Magazine, The Independent, The Guardian Magazine, Observer and Guardian newspapers, and in the Economist Magazine.
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Pro Democracy Demonstrations, Hong Kong: The Revolution of Our Time“Fight for freedom! Stand with Hong Kong!” – these words crystallize the powerful and bewildering call, echoed by hundreds of thousands of people, pounding the pavement in Hong Kong defiantly, since the first reading of the Hong Kong proposed extradition bill which would allow Hong Kong citizens to be extradited to mainland China. It triggered an unprecedented wave of reaction both domestically and abroad with many fearing the erosion of Hong Kong's legal system, democratic freedoms and built-in safeguards as promised in the Sino-British Joint Declaration.
On June 9th 2019, an estimated one million people marched to the government headquarters to in protest against the proposed bill followed one week later by an even bigger of protest of over 2 million people, nearly a third of the territories population, taking to the streets to protest against the Bill. Since that day, Hong Kong has been plunged into a political crisis, with waves of demonstrations and violent clashes between Police and protestors. What started as a protest against the proposed government extradition, morphed into a wider call for democratic rights and freedom recovery in the semi-autonomous city.
Hong Kong remained on the edge for much of 2019 with the anti-government growing in momentum, protestors continueing their call for Chief Executive Carrie Lam to meet their remaining demands since the withdrawal of the controversial extradition bill, which included an independent inquiry into police brutality, the retraction of the word 'riot' to describe protests, amnesty against prosecution for all those arrested, Carrie Lam's resignation and genuine universal suffrage.
about the photographer
Kiran Ridley is an award winning editorial and advertising photographer working out of the UK & Paris.He has been a finalist in the Association of Photographers ‘Document’ Awards, Highly Commended in the Ian Parry Award and finalist for 'Young Photographer of the Year' in the 'Picture Editor’s Awards'.
He has also been nominated and finalist in two major international awards - The Observer Hodge Award, for his photographic essay on a hospital closure and The Tom Webster Award for his reportage on Hong Kong. Other awards include BBC Music Magazine Photo of the Year, CBAT award, as well as his work in the the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama's prospectus picking up the pretigous UK Silver Heiss Award.
His editorial work has been published in The Sunday Times Magazine, The Times and The Financial Times, Le Figaro, The Washington Post, The Independent on Saturday Magazine, The Independent, The Guardian Magazine, Observer and Guardian newspapers, and in the Economist Magazine.
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