The Assassination of Kem Ley

• Prize
  Honorable Mention
• Photographer
  SATOSHI TAKAHASHI, Japan
• Studio
  Freelance Photojournalist
• Website
  https://www.satoshitakahashi.info/
• Instagram
  https://www.instagram.com/satoshitakahashi_photography/

Cambodian prominent political analyst Dr. Kem Ley was shot dead in a cafe of Caltex gas station in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on July 10, 2016, as he was having his morning coffee. He was also famous as a social activist and a critic of Hun Sen's autocratic government. That day, Cambodia has lost a voice of courage against dictatorship ahead of the communal elections, 2017.After his death, thousands of mourners took part in his funeral ceremony. The participants pay their respects to him under the famous slogan “Wipe your tears and continue your journey”.

Satoshi Takahashi is a Japanese photojournalist. He was born in 1981 in Akita, Japan. He studied photography at Japan University College of Art Department of Photography. Satoshi began his career as a freelance photojournalist in Cambodia since 2007. In March 2019, Satoshi won the 38th "Domon Ken Award" for his latest photo book RESISTANCE that is a compilation of his work in Cambodia from 2013 to 2018. This award is one of the most celebrated documentary photography awards in Japan, and the book was featured as a permanent collection of the Ken Domon Museum of Photography.