Nineteen-year-old Yong Lin Tan from Penang was awarded Youth Photographer of the Year at 2015 by Sony World Photography awards, the world’s largest photography competition.
His winning photo, titled Back alley, was selected as the overall Youth winner from the three Youth category winners who were revealed in March 2015. The Youth competition is open to all photographers aged 19 and under and is judged on a single shot. More than 6,000 entries were received for the Youth competition this year.
In a media statement released by the award organisers, Tan is quoted as saying: “This is the back alley of my grandmother’s house in Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia. I shot this during Chinese New Year last year when the sky is the clearest and brightest with stars.
“A flower plant can also be seen flourishing with limited resources and space, there are a lot of cats wandering around the back alley usually after dinner time, waiting to be fed by the good people around here.”
Tan was flown to London where he was presented with the award and the latest Sony digital imaging equipment at a gala ceremony attended by industry leaders.
Another Malaysian photographer, Mong-Young Sim, was awarded 3rd place in the Professional Still Life category, having been selected from over 87,000 entries to the Professional competition for a series called Greenvironment.
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