19-Year-Old Penangite Wins World’s Best Youth Photographer Of The Year Award
The wining photo was taken in the back alley of the photographer's grandmother's house in Alor Setar, Kedah.
Cover image via Yong Lin TanThe 2015 Sony World Photography Awards have been announced, and this stunning photograph of an alley behind a house in Kedah where 19-year-old Tan Yong Lin grew up has made him the 'Youth Photographer Of The Year'. Tan titled the photo as 'Back alley'.
Image via Yong Lin Tan
Tan flew to London from Penang to attend the event. While speaking on his winning photo, the 19-year-old Penangite said, "This is the back alley of my grandmother's house in Alor Star."
The event also saw another winner from Malaysia, Mong-yong Sim. He was selected from over 87,000 entries to the Professional competition for a series called "Greenvironment".
Sim's photo was awarded third place in the Still Life category.
Image via Mong-yong Sim


