Kee Jwee Hiong, 44, and Kelvin
Balloo, 24, scooped first prize in the IM klik 2015 photography and short video
contest and received their prizes at Iskarnival 2015, held recently at Puteri
Harbour, Iskandar Puteri.
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| Top prize winner, Kee Jwee Hiong, with his entry, The Elder and the Young, and his prize cheque |
"After hearing about
IM klik, I joined the competition for the first time this year and am thrilled
to win the top prize,” said Kee whose photograph entry entitled, “The Elder and
the Young,” captures a special moment between an Orang Seletar child and her
grandmother.
“It is typical of my generation
to use technology to tell a compelling story and I enjoy shooting videos as a
hobby,” said Balloo, a software analyst who clinched the top prize in the short
video category with, “We are Iskandarians – This Is Our World.”
Second prize in the photography
category went to Lau Wei Yang’s entry, “Jolly Splash” while “Morning
Sustenance” by Selamat Ismail scored third prize.
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| "Jolly Splash" by Lau Wei Yang won second prize in the photography category |
In the short video
category, “Nusajaya City – Iskandar Flagship Zone B” by Moh Tiong Aik won
second prize while Ahmad Aizudeen’s entry, “Through My Window, an Iskandarian”
came in third place.
The second edition of IM
klik 2015, Iskandar Malaysia’s premier photography competition, received over
600 photo entries and more than 50 short video submissions from amateur and
professional photographers.
This year’s theme was,
“We are Iskandarians,” portraying people living and working in Iskandar
Malaysia, with RM4,000, RM3,000 and RM2,000 for the top three prizes in the two
categories.
The prizes were presented by Johor
State Assembly Speaker, Tan Sri Haji Mohamad Haji Aziz and witnessed by Iskandar
Investment Berhad (IIB) President/Chief Executive Officer, Datuk Syed Mohamed
Syed Ibrahim and Khazanah Nasional Berhad Executive Director, Datuk Mohamad
Hisham Hamdan.
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| Selamat Ismail with his winning entry, "Morning Sustenance" |
Video entries that
creatively expressed the pride in being an Iskandarian, were uploaded on social
media platforms like YouTube and Instagram, and judged by the number of “Likes”
received.
Entrants also benefited
from an exclusive, complimentary workshop conducted by renowned photography
guru, Andrew Boey, from the Nikonean Beyond Photography Academy, Kuala Lumpur,
to
sharpen their technical
skills to better capture the essence of Iskandar Malaysia on camera.
“These captivating images
that transcend race, religion, culture and creed, are the windows to Iskandar
Malaysia’s very heart and soul, and pays homage to the people of Johor,” said
Syed Mohamed who hoped that the creativity in the winning photographs and
videos will be an inspiration for participants in next year’s competition.
Twenty consolation prizes
of RM500 each were awarded in the photography category while 10 consolation
prizes of RM1,000 each were presented in the short video category.
A version of this was published in The Malaysian Insider on 8 Dec 2015
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