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Harbour Sights Wheelock Photography Competition Award Ceremony cum Harbour, City, Sky Photography Exhibition Debut

The exhibition presents 22 images of Victoria Harbour featuring the harbour’s foreshores, promenades, views of the city, its tourist areas, its waterfront recreation facilities, as well as the ships, ferries and small craft that ply its waters.

Mrs Carrie Lam, Chief Secretary for Administration, HKSAR Government (centre) was Guest of Honour at the Harbour, City, Sky Photographic Exhibition Opening Ceremony. Other officiating guests included Nicholas Brooke; Chairman of Harbourfront Commission (second right); Edward Stokes, Curator of the Exhibition (fourth left); Douglas Woo, Chairman of Wheelock and Company (forth right); Rogan Coles, Photographer of Exhibition (third right); Nicholas Kitto, Photographer of Exhibition (third left); Richard Wesley

Edward Stokes, Judge of the Competition and Curator of the Exhibition (fourth left) and Ricky Wong, Managing Director of Wheelock Properties (fifth left) presented certificates and prizes to Harbour Sights Wheelock Photography Competition winners.

Wheelock Properties always takes the initiative to promote local art development in reflecting the beauty of Hong Kong and its very talented people. The winners of the “Harbour Sights Wheelock Photography Competition” were revealed at an award presentation ceremony held at Hong Kong Maritime Museum, Central on 26 November 2015.

An overwhelming response of over 800 image entries was received and 6 stunning images were chosen as winners of the competition. It was followed by the opening ceremony of “Harbour, City, Sky Photography Exhibition”, with the Honorable Mrs. Carrie Lam, GBS, JP, Chief Secretary for Administration, HKSAR as the officiating guest. The exhibition, curated by Edward Stokes, is the first photographic exhibition to focus solely on Victoria Harbour and to explore the beauty and diversity of Victoria Harbour seen through the eyes of two Hong Kong-based photographers, Rogan Coles and Nicholas Kitto.

Douglas Woo, Chairman of Wheelock and Company addressed the special meaning behind the event. “We are pleased to be continuing our tradition of celebrating nature in our partnership with the Photographic Heritage Foundation for the third consecutive year. We pay tribute to a subject that all Hong Kong residents are deeply proud of, our heritage, our roots and a critical component of Hong Kong’ s prosperity and success: the Victoria Harbour”.