I Will Be A Violinist

• Prize
  Bronze in People/Children
• Photographer
  Urim Hong
• Agency / Studio
  Urimgraphy
• Technical Info
  LeicaMP, 35mm, 1/125, f2, ISO 640
• Photo Date
  2019.3.2
• Website
  http://www.urimgraphy.com

As City Soleil Project made progress, I began to wonder what one can actually do to make change for the children in this little village where hope and despair coexisted. With musicians from Kansas City who were visiting to support the children, we initiated humbly and it did not take long to see a great crowd of children gathered at the door of the music school. Wipi was one of the kids who enrolled in the music school. Her love for music was intense. “What is your dream?” I asked. She answered confidently, “I will be a violinist.” I believe this answer will one day bring Hope to this land.

• 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