Richard Jones (photojournalist): Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
m clean up using AWB |
m sp |
||
| (47 intermediate revisions by 25 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{Short description|British photojournalist}} |
|||
{{Wikify|date=July 2009}} |
|||
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} |
|||
'''Richard Jones''' is an award winning British photojournalist based in Hong Kong. He was brought up near Cardiff, South Wales, UK and now lives in Hong Kong and Tokyo. He is the founder of Sinopix Photo Agency.<ref>http://www.sinopix.com</ref> |
|||
'''Richard Jones''' is a British [[photojournalist]], based in Hong Kong until 2012. In 2009 he was the victim of an assault by [[Grace Mugabe]] and her bodyguard.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-01-21 |title=Mrs Mugabe assaults our photographer outside her luxury Hong Kong hotel - Times Online |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article5537251.ece |access-date=2022-06-14 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090121000709/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article5537251.ece |archive-date=21 January 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> |
|||
Jones' work related to China's [[One-Child Policy]] has won numerous Human Rights Press Awards<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fcchk.org/media/2008hrpa_WinnersList.pdf|title=Home}}</ref> and a [[National Press Photographers Association]] Award.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bop.nppa.org/2009/still_photography/winners/?cat=UPS |title=NPPA: Best of Photojournalism 2009 Still Photo Winners |website=bop.nppa.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090327191958/http://bop.nppa.org/2009/still_photography/winners/?cat=UPS |archive-date=2009-03-27}}</ref> He won the Photojournalism category at the Photography Masters Cup International Color Awards in 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.worldphotographicarts.com/photoshow/colorawards/3rd_gala/presentation/fullsize.php?t=Winner%20in%20Photojournalism&id=26185 |title=Photography Masters Cup {{!}} International Color Awards |website=www.worldphotographicarts.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718114432/http://www.worldphotographicarts.com/photoshow/colorawards/3rd_gala/presentation/fullsize.php?t=Winner%20in%20Photojournalism&id=26185 |archive-date=2011-07-18}}</ref> He was nominated and "Highly Commended" in the Foreign Reporter of the Year category at the UK Press Awards in 2011 for his reporting from China for the Mail on Sunday.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/nationals/press-awards-2011-the-full-list-of-winners/ | title=Press Awards 2011: The full list of winners | date=5 April 2011 }}</ref> |
|||
Richard recently garnered world attention when wife of Zimbabwean presdident [[Robert Mugabe]], [[Grace Mugabe]] and her bodyguard beat him up on the streets of Hong Kong while working for the [[Sunday Times]] newspaper. Richard Jones’ work related to China’s One Child Policy has won numerous Human Rights Press Awards<ref>http://www.fcchk.org/media/2008hrpa_WinnersList.pdf</ref> and a National Press Photographers Association Award.<ref> |
|||
http://bop.nppa.org/2009/still_photography/winners/?cat=UPS</ref> |
|||
In 2012 Jones moved to the UK and pursued a career in the cultural sector, working for museums and galleries. In 2023 he was named as a finalist National Lottery Awards "Outstanding Individuals" in heritage for is work documenting the faces and testimonies of the Last Generations of Coalminers from Wales.{{cn|date=August 2023}} |
|||
Mrs Mugabe assaults our photographer outside her luxury Hong Kong Hote. Times Online.[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article5537251.ece] |
|||
| ⚫ | |||
Grace Mugabe is immune from prosecution in Hong Kong. Times Online.[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article5952266.ece] |
|||
{{Reflist}} |
|||
{{Authority control}} |
|||
Photography Masters Cup International Color Awards.[http://www.worldphotographicarts.com/photoshow/colorawards/3rd_gala/presentation/fullsize.php?t=Winner%20in%20Photojournalism&id=26185] |
|||
| ⚫ | |||
<references/> |
|||
{{ |
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Richard}} |
||
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]] |
|||
[[Category:Living people]] |
|||
[[Category:Welsh expatriates in Hong Kong]] |
|||
{{UK-bio-stub}} |
|||
{{UK-photographer-stub}} |
{{UK-photographer-stub}} |
||
Latest revision as of 23:07, 13 December 2023
Richard Jones is a British photojournalist, based in Hong Kong until 2012. In 2009 he was the victim of an assault by Grace Mugabe and her bodyguard.[1]
Jones' work related to China's One-Child Policy has won numerous Human Rights Press Awards[2] and a National Press Photographers Association Award.[3] He won the Photojournalism category at the Photography Masters Cup International Color Awards in 2009.[4] He was nominated and "Highly Commended" in the Foreign Reporter of the Year category at the UK Press Awards in 2011 for his reporting from China for the Mail on Sunday.[5]
In 2012 Jones moved to the UK and pursued a career in the cultural sector, working for museums and galleries. In 2023 he was named as a finalist National Lottery Awards "Outstanding Individuals" in heritage for is work documenting the faces and testimonies of the Last Generations of Coalminers from Wales.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ "Mrs Mugabe assaults our photographer outside her luxury Hong Kong hotel - Times Online". 21 January 2009. Archived from the original on 21 January 2009. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
- ^ "Home" (PDF).
- ^ "NPPA: Best of Photojournalism 2009 Still Photo Winners". bop.nppa.org. Archived from the original on 27 March 2009.
- ^ "Photography Masters Cup | International Color Awards". www.worldphotographicarts.com. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011.
- ^ "Press Awards 2011: The full list of winners". 5 April 2011.
  | This article about a British photographer is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |