Photography competition honours Post’s Sam Tsang and Felix Wong for Hong Kong protest coverage

Harrowing portrait of a man beaten at Yuen Long MTR station and inventive shot from October 1 anti-government rally among five earning awards for duo

Recognition ‘an honour and tribute to the courage and fearless professionalism’ of the photographers, Post editor-in-chief Tammy Tam says

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Post photographer Sam Tsang earned a joint first place award for his portrait of Calvin So, a 23-year-old chef beaten with sticks and canes by a group of white T-shirt-clad men at the Yuen Long MTR station on July 21. Photo: Sam Tsang

Published: 6:29pm, 10 May 2020Updated: 11:49pm, 10 May 2020

Two South China Morning Post photographers have bagged five awards at the Hong Kong Press Photographers Association’s annual “Focus on the Frontline” competition for their work covering last year’s anti-government protests.

Sam Tsang and Felix Wong received honours in the spot, news and portrait categories.

This portrait of an anti-government protester in Mong Kok earned a third-place prize in the portrait category for the Post’s Felix Wong. Photo: Felix Wong

“The recognition from our peers is an honour and tribute to the courage and fearless professionalism of our photographers, Felix and Sam,” editor-in-chief Tammy Tam said. “Their extraordinary work has helped to make our comprehensive coverage of the city's unprecedented political crisis even more powerful.”

Felix Wong’s photo of an anti-government rally on China’s National Day on October 1 was one of five to earn Post photographers awards at this year’s ‘Focus on the Frontline’ photo competition. Photo: Felix Wong

Tsang received a joint first place prize in the portrait category for his photo of 23-year-old cook Calvin So, who was assaulted by a group of men in white T-shirts with wooden sticks during a mob attack at the Yuen Long MTR station on July 21.