Monday, November 15, 2010

The Folio – The International Portfolio – Vol. 2, Number 4 – 1948


Francis Wu Scoops Salons

The following item appeared in “Hong Kong Sunday Herald:

Francis Wu, well-known local photographer, has been awarded the only gold medal in the Amsterdam (Netherlands) 8th International Salon.

Mr. Wu submitted 4 prints for the exhibition. All won awards – a grand prize, a first, a second and a fifth prize. This is the first time in photographic history that one entrant gained such a high honor. The photos were published in “Focus” magazine and are now in a traveling exhibition in all part of the Netherlands

“Old Butt Delicious” is the picture that captured the grand prize. It is a character study of a coolie enjoying a cigarette butt of a foreign brand, which he picked up.



Old Butt Delicious by Francis Wu

The first prize award is “Sunset”, a picture taken at Aberdeen Harbor of a fishing junk returning at twilight. The soft glow of sunset is fully emphasized with sparkling highlights


Aberdeen Sunset by Francis W

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