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German photographer Corina Gertz’ series was highly commended in the #Portraiture category this year. She has travelled widely in China, at least 60 times since 2001, as a fashion photographer and teacher #PortraitPhotography

This unique portrait ‘Man and Rake’ taken by Nordic photographer Tore Sandahl was also highly commended in the #Portraiture category. Judge #BettyYao described the image as “A simple but surreal portrait that stayed in my mind from the first round of judging.” #PortraitPhotograph

Winner of the Series category was Sarah Mei Herman for her captivating series ‘Solace’, taken in the Netherlands, Dusseldorf, Paris and Xiamen. In the series Herman explores #LGBT identity in #ChineseCulture, centering the stories of LGBT+ individuals and couples #LGBTPhotography

Moving on to the Highly Commended entries from the Series category of this year's awards, we have Yunsheng He with ‘Maternal Love’. The perfect subject to celebrate #InternationalWomensDay today #IWD2023 #AMothersLove

Yujie Zhu’s series ‘Long Daydream’ taken in China in 2022 was #HighlyCommended. This otherworldly series reflects on the photographer’s traumatic experience with family abandonment as she was a first born girl in China. The judges commended her brave photographic exploration.

The final #HighlyCommended work in the Series category was ‘Skeletons in the Closet’ by Hung Ching Yan (2022). The thought-provoking series explores self-identity through Chinese family traditions and moral standards.

Happy #NationalPandaDay! This striking image was taken by Hong Zhao in Sichuan’s bamboo forest in December 2006. It was submitted to the Environment category of the Global SinoPhoto Awards 2021.

The winning photo from our #FoodPhotography category was ‘Reunion’ by Peihong Hu. It captures 3 family generations gathering to make dumplings in Shanxi Province, China. Judge Betty Yao praised it as a “𝘽𝙚𝙖𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙫𝙞𝙨𝙪𝙖𝙡 𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨.”

Photographer Jinglong Yan documented three meals a day during #Quarantine (2022), which was highly commended at this year’s #PhotographyAwards. The photographs also cleverly integrate 3 background colours, which reference the exterior painted walls of the quarantine hotel.

The final highly commended photograph from the awards was ‘Chiang Family Makes Zongzi’ (2021) by Tiffany Luong. ‘Handmade Heritage’ is a documentary series focused on the effort to explore, honour and preserve old-world customs passed down through family lineage #FoodPhotography

Today is the #QingmingFestival, or #TombSweepingDay. #CindyLin captures this traditional Chinese festival in her collage of family photographs entered in #GlobalSinoPhoto2021.

Here’s a #Throwback to our #AwardsCeremony at the British Library earlier this year with highly commended photographs and category winners, as well as winner of the Betser Prize 2023, Fergus Coyle!

We saw some incredible entries to the Environment category this year, including this thoughtful and original submission by Yuanyuan Zhou entitled ‘Dream of the Forbidden City’ #ImperialPalaceBeijing #ForbiddenCity #BeijingPhotography

The #WaterSprinklingFestival celebrated by the Dai people of Xishuangbanna Prefecture begins today. It involves food, dancing, #DragonBoat racing, local craft, religious ceremonies known as ‘bathing the Buddha’ and crowds of people splashing one another! #TraditionalFestival

Fab conversation on Chinese & British Food stories British Library #FoodSeason2023 Ken Hom, CBE said Chinese food is global because it adapts A.Wong said adaption is when the magic happens. Beautiful stories from Angela Hui and Helen Tse. With #ChefJeremyPang chairing

Here’s a throwback to our exhibition party at @fujifilmuk earlier this year at the #FUJIFILM #HouseofPhotography featuring all the highly commended and category winners, expertly printed by digitalab.

It’s #NationalTeaDay today, so we are celebrating with Virginia Hines’ photograph of a pot of San Lin Xi oolong tea at the Wu Wei Tsao Tang Teahouse, Taichung, which was submitted to this year’s Food category #InternationalTeaDay

The question of #Identity has been evident in this year’s #GlobalSinoPhoto2023 submissions. We’ve been fascinated by the multiplicity of accounts and photographic skill in translating these stories, such as Amy Dangerfield’s photograph entitled ‘Searching for my Identity’.

Last year Huaifeng Li won #GlobalSinoPhoto2021 with his atmospheric photograph 'Dancing Dreams of a Mountain Girl'. The perfect image to celebrate today's #InternationalDanceDay.