/ 2025 / Portraiture / Personality

• Prize
  Honorable Mention
• Photographer
  Kirby Ma, Hong Kong
• Website
  https://www.kirbyma.photography

In the northeastern province of China, this corn farmer is expressing the genuine rejoicing of satisfaction and contentment on his face when watching his golden field of ripened corn, an annual report resulting from months of sweat in precise planning and laborious cultivation.

Kirby Ma is an award-winning passionate Chinese Canadian photographer based in Hong Kong, practicing street photography, portraits, landscape, cityscape, nature, and snap.

With the work nature of previous career engagements in corporate business development, he stationed and traveled to different countries, namely North Korea, Egypt, the Philippines, Brazil, the USA, Canada, Europe, Japan, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, etc., he developed a deep interest in its local culture and lifestyles.

His vision is to share photography's joy and bring people happiness.

Awards Year 2024
BIFA: 2 Bronze and 9 Honorable Mentions;
PX3: 1 Bronze and 11 Honorable Mentions;
TIFA: 1 Bronze and 10 Honorable Mentions;
IPA: 3 Honorable Mentions;
MonoVision: 1 Honorable Mention;
reFocus Awards: 16 Nominations.

Year 2023
BIFA: 1 Bronze and 2 Honorable Mentions;
PX3: 1 Honorable Mention;
IPA: 1 Honorable Mention.