Honorable Mention / 2020 / Portraiture / Culture
Kurds
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Photographer
Marc Yang, China
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Website
I am recording Kurds from another perspective since 2015 to now.
For a long time, the Kurds live in the cracks of several countries. They have a strong sense of national pride and national cohesion, even face to a huge pressure from every county where they live. Under the current circumstances of internationalization not only the Kurds who lives in the generally Kurdistan, and even the worldwide Kurds are still maintaining the rich traditional cultural and language inheritance.
Now, they got more complicated situation in the Middle East, the survival of the Kurds will face more uncertainty.
(Marc Yang. b. 1993, Wuhan, China) Marc based in the Middle East, South Asia and Southeast Asia for several years. Visit almost 40 countries and regions.
Marc has always been concerned about international issues, including ethnic issues in the Middle East such as the Kurds, the environmental problems of the Indian rivers, and the regional problems of the Mekong River, a river in Southeast Asia, and unique issues about China.
Awards 2020 The 5th German and Chinese Young Artists Development Fund Award Winner|Berlin,Germany
2019 Red Gate Emerging Chinese Artist Award Winner|Beijing,China
Nomination of the C/O Berlin TALENT AWARD|Berlin,Germany
Finalist of 2018 Pulitzer Miel Fellowship|Washington,USA
2018 Sony Young Photographer Development Award Winner|Beijing,China
Top20 2017 Chinese Cutting Edge Contemporary Photography Award Winner| Hangzhou,China
United States International Photographer Union Chairman Award Winner|New Y ork,USA
Nomination Of New Artist Winner In The 7th Dali International Photo Festival| Dali,China
Young Photographer Grand Award Winner In Xishuangbanna International Photo Festival | Xishuangbanna,China
Best Young Chinese Magnum Photographer Award Winner | Shanghai,China
Top Ten Black and White Photographer Winner Organized By Mepai | China