Burmese photographer scores grand prize at Nikon photo contest

by Suzanne Leung on August 13, 2009

Congrats to Maung Maung Gyi for his work, “Cave of Hope,” a dramatic photo featuring a young monk in prayer, snagging the highly coveted grand prize for this year’s Nikon’s International Photo Contest.  Results for this contest were announced last week.  I stumbled upon this beautiful shot while doing some research for work on Nikon, the camera technology company founded in Japan.

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In light of this week’s saddening verdict on Burmese pro-democracy heroine Aung San Suu Kyi, this picture, to me,  served as a poignant reminder for us to maintain hope for Burma’s future despite the country’s ongoing political dissent.

Suzie

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localdrivinglessons August 13, 2009 at 6:59 am

it is a nice photo.

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