March 11, 2017 | IFB Garden
After a week of screenings and exhibition openings all around Yangon, the Yangon Photo Festival culminates with its Photo Night where the best Myanmar photo-stories are screened to a large public audience in front of a jury of international personalities. This year State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was attended as the president of the jury. Among other prizes such as DSLR cameras, two photographers will win a chance to study photography in Europe
Here is the list of the winners 2017:
Professional Category
First Prize:The Forgotten War by Hkun Lat
Second Prize:The Colony by Pyay Kyaw Aung
Third Prize:Beautiful Girl by Ko Myo
Fourth Prize:The Others by Sai Htin Linn Htet
Emerging Category
First Prize:The Trap by Seng Mai
Second Prize:Smoky Mountain by Mauk Kham Wah
Third Prize:Stomach Ache by Tay Za Linn
Fourth Prize:The Last Straw of Hope by Rita Khin
Fifth Prize:May You Help Us by Pho Thar
Sixth Prize:Again by Zinghtung Yawng Htang