The Star lensmen win in photo competition
TWO photographers from Star Media Group Bhd bagged awards in the Shah Alam Photography Competition 2021.
Mohd Faihan Mohd Ghani and Art Chen took the champion and second runners-up awards respectively in the competition’s “New Norm” category.
Faihan’s winning work depicted a group of medical personnel conducting a drive-through Covid-19 swab test on food delivery riders at Dewan Raja Muda Musa, Kompleks Belia dan Kebudayaan Negeri Selangor, Section 7, Shah Alam.
“When I heard about the event, I rushed there and saw medical personnel donning personal protective equipment to administer the test.
“I waited for the right moment to capture the scene.
“The picture also shows the importance of staying healthy during this new norm amidst the pandemic,” he said, after receiving the award at Wisma MBSA, Shah Alam.
Meanwhile, Chen pictured a man clad in PPE sanitising a premises from a spiral staircase.
“I was at the Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah building and chanced upon the scene.
“The architecture of the staircase helped me frame the shot,” he said.
There were five categories in the competition, namely Buildings/Landmark, Nature, Lifestyle, Council’s Asset and New Norm.
Each category offered prizes for the top three, as well as five consolation prizes.
Mohd Faihan and Chen bagged RM3,000 and RM1,000 respectively.
The competition offered a total of RM35,000 in cash prizes as well as certificates to winners.
Presenting the awards to the winners were state local government, public transportation and new village development committee chairman Ng Sze Han and Shah Alam mayor Datuk Zamani Ahmad Mansor. — By JAROD LIM
