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1st Place - Outstanding Achievement
Title:Childhood
In this series of children portraits, I am hoping to explore the hidden moments of childhood—those missing moments we edit from our memory, the hidden foundations of all we will become.
Biography:
Award-winning photographer joSon was born in the Philippines to a Filipino mother and an African American father. Sent to live with his mother's family in Vietnam at age ten, he was educated in a Buddhist temple in preparation for becoming a monk. "I thought that was my calling long before I saw life through the viewfinder," joSon recollects. "But the truth is, I have never left the monk-hood. I just left the temple." Today joSon is a professional photographer based in San Francisco whose work is collected by an international list of clients. His work has appeared in magazines including... |