A Grandmaster

• Prize
  Bronze in Editorial/sports
• Photographer
  Urim Hong
• Agency / Studio
  Urimgraphy
• Technical Info
  Leica M, 35mm, 1/45, f276, ISO 200
• Photo Date
  2019.2.28
• Website
  http://www.urimgraphy.com

As COVID-19 swept through the world, the carnage of over a hundred dead people of this city was a direct result of gun shots, not a pandemic. Grandmaster Jo had poured everything in his life into Taekwondo. The spirit and the virtue of Taekwondo changed the minds of the children in this city. Frantzdy, an exceptional student of his, now dreams of becoming such a grandmaster. Although this boy's reality has no promised future, the teachings of the grandmaster are engrained in his mind. Dreaming that someday he will also be someone who gives courage to another, a glimmer of hope is captured.

• Biography
  Urim Hong is a photographer who searches for light in the isolated world. After majoring in the humanities as well as pedagogy, he taught children for a decade and, in that process, found himself called to photography. He majored in photography at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. Currently, he is leading a project for the children and orphans in Citi Soleil, a small village within the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area in Haiti. He was selected as Editorial Photographer of the year at the 2018 IPA, 2019 MIFA and PDNedu Awards, 2020, 2022 IPA Documentary(Editorial) winner.
• Awards
  <2017> 2017 : International Photographer of The Year(IPOTY) / Children / Honorable mentioned <2018> 2018 : International Photography Awards(IPA) / Editorial photographer of the Year/nonpro 2018 : International Photography Awards(IPA) / Editorial / 1st place 2018 : International Photography Awards(IPA) / Photo Essay / Honorable mentioned 2018 : Lucie Awards / Discovery of the Year finalist 2018 : Tokyo International Foto Awards(TIFA) / Editorial / Category winner 2nd 2018 : Tokyo International Foto Awards(TIFA) / People / Gold 2018 : Tokyo International Foto Awards(TIFA) / Children / Gold 2018 : Lensculture B&W Photography Awards finalist <2019> PDN EDU Awards - Documentary Photographer of the Year Moscow International Foto Awards(MIFA) -Editorial Photographer of the Year(nonpro) -Portfolio of the Year -Photo Essay / Gold -Personal portfolio / Gold -People / Gold 2019 PX3 PRIX DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE PARIS -Portraiture / Gold 2019 PX3 State of the World -Curational Selection 2019 Monovision Photography Awards -People / 3rd place -Photojournalism / Honorable Mentioned <2020> 2020 International Photography Awards(IPA) : MOVEMENT - People / Honorable Mentioned 2020 Moscow International Foto Awards(MIFA) - Ediorial,Personality / Gold - Portrait,Children / Silver 2020 International Photography Awards(IPA) - Editorial,Press / 1st place - Jury Top 5 Selection / Professional - Editorial, Personality / Honorable mentioned 2020 Tokyo International Foto Awards(TIFA) - People, Children / Gold, Bronze - Editorial, Personality / Silver - Jury Top 5 Selection, Editorial 2020 Budafest International Foto Awards(BIFA) - Event / 2nd place - Event, music / Gold - Editorial, photo essay / Silver - Editorial, Political / Silver 2021 Moscow International Foto Awards(MIFA) - Event-sports / gold 2021 PX3 PRIX DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE PARIS - Press Feature Story / Silbver - State of the world curational selection 2022 International Photography Awards(IPA) - Editorial / Press, 1st place