Descendants from June Fourth exiles, a story of searching for father

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  Ko Chung Ming, Hong Kong
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"Schoolmates, do not ask my name, simply stretch out your hands,
and here is my hand, let us put our arms around, let us weaving
the life and truth together."
It was 1989, when summer meets spring. There were four
university students in their early twenties without knowing each
other but in the light of democracy, Liu Xian Bin, Zhang Qian were
marching from Chang'an street all the way to the Tiananmen
Square then end up in Qin Cheng Prison hand in hand......
Back to society after multiple imprisonment, Liu Xian Bin still
fighting the totalitarian, while Yang Hai striving to live a normal
life. Two different people running on three different paths and had
built their families.
The seed of democracy they once sown still waiting for an
opportunity to sprout, but the condemnation of 'counter-
revolutionary riot' is like a curse keep irritating their children.
Liu's daughter has been told her father's imprisonment was his
own fault, Yang's daughter always complain her father only focus
on democratic movement without spare time with his family……..
Eventually, these daughters left their country to search for the
truth and their fathers abroad while they living with lots of
unanswered questions in hometown, China.
"keep search, my schoolmates,
keep search, my brothers,
keep search, my sisters,
keep search, my daughters,
stretch out your hands, live your life in exile, go search for the
true history,
to find out who I am."

Ko Chung Ming is a Hong Kong-based photojournalist. In the 2019 Hong Kong Protests, he attempted to photograph the conflicts and emotions like what he has been doing in the past 20 years. Overwhelmed by post-exposure symptoms from tear gas, he retreated from the frontier in August of 2019 and decided to record police brutality by taking portraits of the casualties. Ko also focuses on poverty,homelessness, and ethnic minorities. He has become a volunteer photographer for Oxfam Hong Kong since 2016. He joined Oxfam’s humanitarian program in Rohingya, Tanzania, Malawi, and Mozambique.

Awards "Wounds of Hong Kong" is the Winner of 2020 Sony World Photography Awards, Documentary, Professional Section.

“Cent Maison——Living Environment of the Poor in Hong Kong” won the WYNG Masters Award 2012.