Sunday, July 31, 2011

The Hong Kong Sunday Herald – December 26, 1948


Francis Wu Honored In Photo Salon

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

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

Old Butt Delicious By Francis Wu

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

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.

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