Honorable Mention / 2022 / Press / General News

Bus in the flood

  • Photographer
    HuaGe Shang, China

Citizens took a forklift as bus through the road with flood, July 22, 2021, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China. These people sitting on the forklift had been trapped for more than 48 hours and had just escaped from danger.
In July 2021, Zhengzhou, Henan Province and its surrounding areas has experience extreme heavy rain and cause catastrophic floods. A total of 14.786 million people in 150 counties (cities and districts) of Henan PROVINCE were affected by the disaster, and 398 people died or went missing due to the disaster, 380 of which were in Zhengzhou, accounting for 95.5% of the province.

Freelance photographer based in Xiamen, China. Former photo director of YiDU Media in Beijing.

Awards 2012 SONY World Photography Award, shortlisted photographer
2012 &2013&2016&2017&2018 Taihai press photography contest, Bronze award, exhibition
2017 Taipei Art Photo contest, Jury Award winner, solo exhibition
2017 Taipei International Photography Festival, Shortlisted photographer, solo exhibition
2018 SONY Youth Photographer of China
2019 Taihai press photography contest, Gold award, exhibition
2019 The 7th HOU DENGKE Documentary Photography Award, shortlisted photographer, exhibition
2021 vivo VISION+ Mobile Photo Award 1st Place of News-Events Category
2021 Fujifilm street fighter photography awards, Judges' Choice Award
2021 Vision China 500PX BEST 10 Photographer of the Year