The Global SinoPhoto Awards proudly reveals its first-ever winners

The Architectural Photography Awards was launched in September 2020 by Yintong Betser and Lynne Bryant, the creator of the Architectural Photography Awards.

After a few months' hard grind, Yintong Betser can now report that out of the 700 entries submitted by over 200 photographers from 29 countries, they have now got their winners.

The images illustrate a generational dichotomy: people racing into the future and undeniably steeped in tradition. The strength of our entries shows the different elements the medium of photography can include: observation, social commentary, interpretation and creativity. The winners were voted and assessed by a panel of reputable judges consisting of photography experts and artists.

Du Baoxian, a Chinese photographer based in Australia has become the overall winner of the inaugural Global SinoPhoto Awards and winner of the ACE UK Group Award, ‘Us, Now’ category with this image: Me. It is a composite image of 10 self-portrait photographs shot during the lockdown in the spring of 2020, the winning a prize is $2500. Alongside Du’s winning image are the winners of the other GSPA categories, who have each won $250.

'Me' by Du Baoxian: The overall winner and winner of the ACE UK Group Award Us, Now category

Winners of the other GSPA categories: Top L-R: Above the Flames by Ni Chen; Preparing for Breakfast by Aris Liem; Chinese NY, Chinatown, London by Olivia Ritchie. Bottom L-R: Mending the Nets by Susan Moss; Cloud Fishing by Karen Morris-Lanz; Life in Squares by Miao Qing

SinoPhoto Awards invited all people, regardless of age, race or location, to share their photos of how they have engaged with or have been inspired by Chinese culture. They managed to reach out, and the results are delightful. Not only to closely connected friends from Mainland China and the UK; they also received responses from photography clubs in Victoria, Australia and Memphis, Tennessee in the USA; other photography groups in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia also enthusiastically circulated the news of the photography contest. With all these friends, old and new, they have built and will continue to build, a solid foundation for the Global SinoPhoto Awards to grow and prosper.

The Awards are warmly sponsored and supported by WAFChina, Alamy, Volitation Ltd., ACE UK Group，SmartStone VR, LanBridge Communications, Ash Communications, as well as many social groups. Due to the lock down, Theywere unable to stage an award ceremony but with their sponsor SmartStone VR’s help, all winning and commended images, as well as the judges’ own artworks will be exhibited in the xGallery - an interactive 3D Virtual Reality gallery accessible via www.xspaces.io, as from now.

For further information of the Global SinoPhoto Awards, please see: www.sinophoto-awards.com