Morning Tea

• Prize
  Bronze in Portraiture/Culture
• Photographer
  Joe Lai, Taiwan
• Socials

The morning sun gradually rises and illuminate the room. Elderly people in the village are starting their day with a cup of tea and a cigarette. This kind of slow pace lifestyle is peaceful, calm and desirable for old people.

• Biography
  Joe Lai, a self-taught photographer from Taiwan, has been interested in art since he was a child and has won many international drawing competitions from childhood. Through formal training in the fields of art and design, Joe got further developed his artistic eye and continue to absorb aesthetic ideas in the university. In recent years, Joe begins to explore the camera as a creative tool in his spare time. Through a period of trials and errors, he quickly becomes interested in portraits and wedding photography. Over the years, Joe has won more than 120 international awards including, IPA,
• Awards
  2020 MPI-IIC - Master Photographer International (CA) | Silver Awards x4 | Category POY 2020 WPE - Wedding Photography Europe (EU) | 1st x2 | Silver x 19 | Bronze x6 2020 WPPI - Wedding & Portrait Photographers International | 1st place x1 | 3rd place x1 | Silver Awards x4 2020 ND Awards (US) | 1st x1 | HM x1 2020 Cosmos (FEA) | 1st x1 | HM x5 2020 EPA - Expression Photography Awards (BR) | 1st x9 | 2nd x10 | 3rd x7 | Silver x3 | Bronze x60 2020 AsiaWPA - Asia Wedding Photographers Association (HK) | 2nd x1 | HM x18 2020 PWS - Photo Wedding Stories (Greece) | 2nd x1 | HM x1 2020 bifa - Budapest International Foto Awards (HU) | Gold x1 | Silver x1 2020 Monochrom Awards | 3rd x1 | HM x1 2020 IPA - International Photography Awards (US) | HM x8 2020 PX3 Prix de la Photographphie Paris (EU) | Silver x2 2020 Portrait Master (AU) | Bronze x5 2020 FAPA - Fina Art Photography Awards (UK) | Nominee x3 2019 WPE - Wedding Photography Europe (EU) | Annual Grand Award Winner | 2nd place x1 | Silver x 17 | Bronze x4 2019 ND Awards (US) | 1st place x1 | 3rd place x1 | HM x3 2019 PX3 Prix de la Photographphie Paris (EU) | Silver x2 | Bronze x1 2019 IPA - International Photography Awards (US) | 1st place x1 | HM x5 2019 WPPI - Wedding & Portrait Photographers International | 3rd place x1 | Silver Awards x1 2019 MPI - Master Photographers International (CA) | Nominee of Open Challenge Photographer of the Year 2019 TPOTY - Travel Photographer of The Year (UK) | Shortlist x1 2019 tifa - Tokyo International Foto Awards (JP) | Gold x1 | HM x1 2019 bifa - Budapest International Foto Awards (HU) | Gold x1 2019 Chromatic Awards (US) | 3rd x1 | HM x5 2019 PPAC - Professional Photographers Aisa Community (Macau) | 3rd x1 | Bronze x8 2019 OneEye Land (IN) Top 10 Wedding Photographers 2019 | Silver x1 | Bronze x1 | Finalist x 3