7th KCCI Photo Contest Awards Ceremony... "Award-Winning Works Online Exhibition"

Awarding a total of 82 points including 2 points for Grand Prize and 6 points for Best Award with certificates and prize money

[Asia Economy Reporter Ki-min Lee] The Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) announced on the 18th that it held the '7th KCCI Photo Contest Awards Ceremony' online at the KCCI Hall EC Room in Jung-gu, Seoul.

At the awards ceremony attended by Park Yong-man, Chairman of KCCI, and Lee Kyung-ryul, Chair of the Judging Committee (Professor of Photography at Chung-Ang University), Kim Seung-kwon, reporter of Gyeongnam Newspaper (work titled 'The Most Beautiful Clothes of the Head of the Family'), and Jung Byung-hyuk, reporter of UPI News (work titled 'Meticulously in Every Corner'), received the grand prize and cash prizes of 30 million KRW and 10 million KRW respectively in the categories of 'Workplaces and Lives of Businesspeople' and 'COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease 2019)'.

The Excellence Award in the media category went to Ha Sang-yoon, reporter of Segye Ilbo (work titled 'Between Unreal and Real'), and Lee Choong-woo, reporter of Maeil Business Newspaper (work titled 'More than a Big Bus or a Luxury Car'). In the general category, Nam Jong-hak (work titled 'On the Way Home from Work') and Jung Nam-jun (work titled 'Careful Korea') were selected in the 'Workplaces and Lives of Businesspeople' category, each receiving a certificate and a cash prize of 5 million KRW. The Excellence Award in the COVID-19 category was awarded to Lee Ki-beom, reporter of Money Today (work titled 'Strange Social Distancing'), and Jang Ki-won (work titled 'Advertising in the Era of COVID-19').

Additionally, 14 recipients of the Merit Award received certificates and cash prizes of 2 million KRW, and 60 recipients of the Honorable Mention received certificates and cash prizes of 500,000 KRW.

Now in its 7th year, the KCCI Photo Contest was held under the theme 'Workplaces and Lives of Businesspeople,' with a special exhibition dedicated to COVID-19.

In his greeting, Chairman Park Yong-man said, "The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly affected many aspects of our lives and will continue to do so for a considerable time. It seemed difficult to talk about our companies without mentioning the COVID-19 issue, which led us to plan a special exhibition on COVID-19."

Chairman Park added, "Despite many restrictions on photography due to the COVID-19 situation, a record-high total of about 5,500 works were submitted. From the perspective of the content, it was pleasing to see many photos naturally reflecting the lives of companies and working people."

He continued, "The winning works will be exhibited online on the photo contest website. I hope many people will view them, share empathy, and take time to reflect on their meaning."

Lee Kyung-ryul, Chair of the Judging Committee, also commented, "Many photos submitted to this contest captured the changed images of businesspeople and our society after the COVID-19 pandemic. This year, we awarded high scores to works that conveyed messages of hope and overcoming difficulties amid challenging realities."

The 82 winning works of this contest will be exhibited online on the KCCI Photo Contest website starting today.

The work "The Most Beautiful Clothes of the Head of the Household" by Kim Seung-kwon, a reporter for Gyeongnam Newspaper, was selected as the grand prize winner in the "Workplaces and Lives of Businesspeople" category at the 7th KCCI Photo Contest.

The work "Thoroughly in Every Corner" by Jeong Byeong-hyeok, a UPI News reporter, was selected as the grand prize winner in the "COVID-19" category of the 7th KCCI Photo Contest.

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