1st Place winner
Hong Kong in the Veil
DESCRIPTION
This photo shows the silhouette of a traditional Hong Kong junk boat venturing through a thick layer of sea fog that clouded the low rises of Victoria Harbour in Spring, leaving only the iconic skyscrapers of the Kowloon peninsula against a rare crimson sunset. It captures the contrast between the hustle of the metropolitan and the tranquility of its heritage, and represents a voyage for hope even in the midst of uncertainty. AUTHOR
Born and raised in Hong Kong, Gary Ng is an architecture photographer who travels the world searching for geometric perspectives and poetic interpretations of human interactions with space. In 2025, he became the first Hong Kong photographer to win in the Architecture Photography Awards, and his work has been internationally featured by Vogue, Tatler, Esquire, Domus, Designboom etc. Gary has been sharing architectural and travel photography content via Instagram since 2017, and has over 50,000 followers to date. 