Honorable Mention / 2015 / Portraiture / Family

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  • Photographer
    Jing Yan, China

A old woman was lonely in the beadhouse. Wan Aiyun, 81 years old,
Pingdingshan people, suffering from cerebral thrombosis, can’t take
care of herself. She has two daughters and one son, but they are too
busy with work to care for the elderly .So the old woman was sent to a
nursing home. In fact, She had a great attachment to her family and
cherished the memory with her children and grandson before. But now
the old woman could only rely on the nursing staff for life.
Since 30 years of reform and opening up, China's economy has
rapidly improved, but China's aging problem has become more
prominent .China is entering an aging society. In Chinese cities since
the implementation of national long-term family planning policies, the
phenomenon of aging is more severe. Some young couples with the
fast pace of life and working pressure, even neglect the responsibility
of providing their both parents with old age.

Yan Jing, associate professor of School of Journalism and communication of Zhengzhou University, master tutor of news photography and news aesthetics. At present, I am the director of China Folk Photography Association and Henan Art Photography Association.
Zhengzhou University, is located in Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan Province. It is a key construction University of "world-class university construction university", "211 project" and "one University in one province".

Awards Yan Jing, associate professor of School of Journalism and communication of Zhengzhou University, master tutor of news photography and news aesthetics.
In 2004, "happy funeral" photography project was awarded nominated award in Chinese International Folk Photography Contest which was organized by UNESCO ; On February in 2008, photography project BeiGe was published in a full page in the national newspaper "China Youth Daily", also was prized in the CCTV "Morning News" column in 2008; the photography project "The Road Of Life"was exhibited in the first Korean international Arts Festival in Seoul;the project "the transformation of Zhengzhou national cotton factories"and "the disappearing Central Plains cave" have be wined the "National Art Fund Project" ;Photograph titled "Beautiful New World" were selected from more than 4,000 works in the world in April 2019 to be exhibited at the Lunzburg International Photography Festival, Switzerland, as 60 best works.